Technical Writer

San Diego, CA

Posted: 05/08/2025 Category: Information Technology Job Number: DAPEL308

Job Description

Title: Technical Writer

Location: Work from Home

Note: This is a W2 contract role – C2C & 3rd party candidates WILL NOT be considered

The Technical Writer will be responsible for developing, writing, and maintaining comprehensive technical documentation for Class II medical devices. This role requires a detail-oriented professional with strong writing skills and a deep understanding of regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate for this role will have extensive experience in the medical device industry and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Create, edit, and maintain customer and internal facing technical documentation, including user manuals, installation guides, troubleshooting guide, and upgrade/downgrade instructions for various country regulatory submissions
  • Ensure all documentation meets regulatory requirements, industry standards, and company policies
  • Create illustrations, flow charts, diagrams, and line art, in addition to product photos for both quality and technical documentation; provide recommendations to engineers on optimizing engineering data expressed in graphs, illustrations, and tables to ensure clarity and consistency
  • Collaborate with engineering, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, clinical/medical affairs, marketing, customer support, and other departments to gather information and ensure accuracy and completeness of documentation, and to suggest changes to enhance a document's readability, clarity, conciseness, and style; collaborate with Subject Matter Experts in the review and development of Instructions-For-Use (IFU) design specifications as part of the product’s quality documentation
  • Review and edit technical documents for clarity, accuracy, and compliance
  • Develop and implement documentation standards, best practices, and style guides to ensure consistency and quality
  • Stay current with industry trends, regulatory changes, and best practices in technical writing and medical device documentation
  • Provide guidance and mentorship to junior technical writers and other team members
  • Manage fast-moving documentation projects, including timelines, resources, and deliverables
  • Participate in, conduct, and drive cross-functional team meetings to provide input on documentation requirements and timelines

Position Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of technical writing and editing experience for hardware/software user guides (print and online) and other technical product documentation
  • Experience working in a regulated industry, such as medical devices or pharmaceuticals, with extensive regulatory compliance process experience; strong background in supporting regulatory requirements to ensure adherence to regulatory guidelines
  • Familiarity with electro-mechanical concepts and software application usage
  • Experience in device labeling and/or packaging content development
  • Familiarity with large company engineering change control processes and Agile software development methodologies
  • Experience in version control systems (VCS) such as, Perforce, Apache Subversion, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, or GitHub
  • Knowledge of photography and photo editing software, such as Adobe Photoshop
  • Skill in both electronic and hard copy markup (Acrobat, tracked changes in Microsoft Word, standard editorial and proofreading symbols)
  • Knowledge and experience with desktop publishing (DTP) software applications (MadCap Flare, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, XML, DITA), as applicable for technical documentation
  • Demonstrated ability to be highly collaborative with marketing, clinical, quality, and regulatory reviewers
  • Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management and business units (corporate and international)
  • A high degree of flexibility/selectivity in prioritizing and managing business unit deliverables to meet company goals
  • Ability to demonstrate a high level of initiative to gather information for developing documentation
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
  • Effective independent problem-solving skills with product core team members
  • Ability to work under compressed deadlines and deal with unresolved situations, frequent project changes, delays, or other events
  • Ability to handle multiple projects with excellent follow-up and project management skills
  • Experience with SAP, Oracle, or similar enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems preferred
  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Business, Marketing, or other related field preferred

Note: This is a W2 contract role – C2C & 3rd party candidates WILL NOT be considered

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