Technical Writer - Advanced Effects

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center.

Anduril is seeking an experienced technical writer to partner with our Test & Evaluation group to generate and maintain developmental test and operation-focused technical documentation. The Technical Writer will work closely with test engineers, pilots, and subject matter experts to understand how they use products, identify gaps in understanding, and use documentation to close those gaps. The role helps set the tone and quality bar for written artifacts and grow the technical documentation function.

Written content artifacts may include checklists, procedures, operational manuals, maintenance manuals, templates, user guides, release notes, troubleshooting guides, and API documentation. The writer will partner with test engineering, product management, and the business across product development—from need-finding through execution, field testing, and validation—to ensure users have the right documentation available.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Build partnerships across the business to understand users and products, with specific focus on hardware and its supporting software components used by the Test & Evaluation group and operators.
• Generate, review, and edit high-quality Test & Evaluation-focused documentation.
• Research highly technical subject matter, organize information from multiple sources, and express technical information in written form comprehensible to a wide audience.
• Contribute to Anduril’s technical writing toolkit, including style guides, the documentation lifecycle, and review process.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor's degree in English, communications, linguistics, or related field. May substitute equivalent technical experience in lieu of education.
• 5+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation.
• Previous experience creating technical documentation in the Aerospace industry and/or DOD.
• Familiarization of military writing standards and verbiage (412TW-TIH-20-01).
• Experience reading and interpreting engineering documentation.
• Use multiple word processing and presentation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, XML, and Visio etc.
• Must have strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with emphasis on technical subjects.
• The ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, managing competing demands and occasional tight deadlines.
• Basic development proficiency - we value the ability to apply software development best practices to documentation systems.
• Must possess and be able to maintain an active Secret security clearance, Top Secret preferred.
• In this role, you will be subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening, as required by the Company.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university.
• 7+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation.
• Previous experience creating technical documentation for developmental aircraft (Manned or UAS), weapons, or missile systems.
• Familiarization with team workspace software (JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, Teamcenter).
• Experience drafting S1000D compliant technical publications (XML, Arbortext, Rapidauthor).
• Experience with and understanding of the DoD logistics process.

Benefits

Anduril offers a competitive benefits package to support employees in health and recovery.