Senior Airframe Tech Writer

Anduril's Mission Success team is a cross-functional group that partners with every business line and supports all products that Anduril builds. Responsibilities include product operations, training and adoption, and user documentation. As a Senior Airframe Tech Writer, your mission is to partner with product and operations teams to deliver accurate, updated, and easy-to-understand documentation on how to use Anduril products. The role will play a foundational role in setting the bar for tone, voice, and quality across written artifacts. Written content artifacts may include technical manuals, operational manuals, maintenance manuals, procedures, checklists, templates, user guides, troubleshooting guides, and release notes. Anduril is pursuing Programs with the GOV, which require documentation in standards such as MIL-STD-40051D and S1000D, delivered via IADs.

Responsibilities

Partner with product and operations teams to deliver accurate, updated, and easy-to-understand documentation on how to use Anduril products; Work with engineers, operations, and subject matter experts to understand products, identify user workflows, and close documentation gaps; Generate, review, and edit user-focused documentation delivering task, conditions, and standard-centric content; Identify relevant stakeholders and lead them through a documentation roadmap with key milestones and targets; Engage subject matter experts and guide them toward finished user-facing documents; Work with account teams to ensure contract deliverables are accurate, on-time, and in the right format; Evaluate and prioritize documentation tasks using a data-driven approach; Communicate and manage expectations, noting risks early and sharing them with leadership; Set the bar for tone, voice, and quality across written artifacts; Contribute to the living documentation process and build a culture of technical documentation

Requirements

7+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation; Experience writing technical user-facing documentation; Experience reading and interpreting engineering documentation; Experience building content in a variety of formats (Word, XML, etc); Eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance; Ability to relocate, if not already local, to be onsite in Ashville, OH; Subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening, as required by the Company

Nice to have

Military exposure and experience, particularly with military technical documentation writing and formatting standards, guidelines, and verbiage (MIL-STD-40051, S1000D, etc); Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with emphasis on technical subjects; Passion for excellent documentation and user experience; Previous experience creating technical documentation in Aerospace and Defense (for DoD); Experience delivering content on fast-paced, complex projects with multiple stakeholders; Familiarity with MIL-STD-40051D, S1000D standards and IADs delivery methods

Benefits

Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) covering health, recovery, and more; Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers