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5/2/2012
Job#1652


Class:  Direct employee
Position:  Senior Technical Writer
Company:  Exelis Visual Information Solutions
Location:  Boulder, CO
 
Exelis Visual Information Solutions (Exelis VIS) provides integrated software and services that help scientists, developers, image analysts, and medical professionals turn complex data into useful information. Our customers around the world use our products to analyze and deliver data and imagery, and to develop and deploy software applications. Exelis VIS software solutions are major contributors to scientific discoveries and commercial advancements, thanks to highly skilled employees with exceptional technical and creative expertise. As part of that community, you can contribute to the development and distribution of an impressive product line.
 
The Senior Technical Writer is responsible for creating content to help users understand our Exelis VIS products, including ENVI, IDL, and E3De. Projects may include API reference material, online help, tutorials, white papers, screencasts and videos, web site content, mobile applications, etc. This professional communicates and interacts with software developers, quality engineers, technical support staff and customers.  The Senior Technical Writer works with supervision from the User Assistance Manager, and also takes technical direction from development teams.
 
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
 
·         Work as part of collaborative development teams in an Agile environment
·         Understand different user groups and develop content from their perspective

·        Develop content from the customers’ perspective; writing with the goal of helping users understand and use the products effectively

·         Create working code examples

·         Assist in the design and implementation of user interfaces and programming language routines
·         Develop expertise in our software products
·         Review and edit content for internal and external audiences

Minimum Skills and Qualifications:
 
·         5-9 years’ technical writing experience
·         Bachelor's degree in technical writing, English, the sciences, or equivalent experienc
·         Understanding of software and documentation development processes
·        Comfortable with programming languages and complex interfaces
·         Excellent writing skills
·         Strong editing skills
·         Proven experience with publishing tools
·         Ability to learn and understand software applications quickly
 
Desired Skills:
 
·         Science education or experience
·         Proven experience with Madcap Flare, HTML coding, Camtasia, graphics programs
·         Experience working with multiple operating systems (Mac, UNIX)
·         Experience producing screencasts or videos
·         Graphic design and development experience
·         Programming experience with languages such as IDL, C++, Python, JavaScript

We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits and a great work environment that encourages personal and professional growth. Exelis Visual Information Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please visit our website at www.exelisvis.com for detailed information about Exelis Visual Information Solutions.  Apply for this position at http://www.exelisvis.com/language/en-US/Company/Careers.aspx.

5/2/2012
Job#1651
Position Title: Senior Technical Writer
Company Name: Lionbridge
Position Type: Full Time - Temporary
Location: Customer Site - Ft. Collins, CO or Cupertino, CA

We are looking for an hourly technical writer to support a Lionbridge customer. Writer will work at the customer site in Cupertino, CA or Ft. Collins, CO.

Why LionBridge?
As a world leader, Lionbridge will provide you:

  • Opportunities for learning. Lionbridge has strong project management methodologies and industry leading workflow solutions, allowing you to expand your career and skill set.
  • Opportunities to work with major customers - Lionbridge works with the 10 largest firms in the world and two-thirds of the Global-50.

Scope of Work:
The scope of this work includes supporting a team of technical communicators in preparing deliverables for a highly visible, enterprise software product. Some work may also be needed to support maintenance on previous releases of the product. Collaborating within the team and with cross-functional teams is imperative.
Technical Expertise:
• Excellent ability to write clear, concise, and correct Help topics and hard-copy user documentation
• Ability to manage own time and projects
• Ability to communicate with subject matter experts and convert knowledge received to audience-specific deliverables
• Familiarity with enterprise-wide IT service management technology
• Familiarity with Agile software development cycles
• Familiarity with IT Infrastructure Library process (ITIL)
• Ability to set up own work space, loading/unloading software, and general problem-solving

Qualifications Required:
• 6+ years technical writing
• Experience with MadCap Flare preferred
• Other help authoring required
• Enterprise software experience required
• Experience with Agile Methodology
• Experience with Captivate or other multimedia tools
• Experience with Windows operating system
• A plus: Experience with XHTML and XML authoring tools
• Facility with FrameMaker 7.0 or equivalent
• Facility with Adobe Acrobat and converting documents to PDF
• Facility with MS Office Suite
• Experience with screen capture and graphics tools
• Experience with SourceCode Management Systems
• A plus: ITIL
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

To Apply:
Candidates interested in this position can apply on line at http://lionbridge.apply2jobs.com reference job number GCD7153.
Lionbridge is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability, or veteran status.

 

9/10/2010
Job #1580
Position Title: Senior Technical Writer

Direct Full-Time

Company Name: LSI Corporation
Job Location: Colorado Springs

Duties and Responsibilities:

LSI Corporation is looking for a senior technical writer based in Colorado Springs, CO with significant experience in computer hardware or software documentation development, preferably for an engineering audience.

This position requires a self-directed technical writer who can write, update, edit, review and help plan user documentation to support storage components products. Write clear and concise documentation. Organize material and complete technical writing assignments according to set standard templates, style guidelines, and publication processes.

Work with writers/editors across geographies in a team environment. Extract product information from interaction with the engineering and technical publications teams and from technical/product specifications, previous generation product documentation, and presentations. Develop an understanding of the customer use model and make recommendations for improvements in documentation. Experience in documenting software and highly complex IT hardware systems and architectures is a plus.

A successful candidate must be able to handle documentation projects from start to finish with minimal direction, while managing schedules and meeting deadlines. The position requires the ability to multitask effectively, despite ambiguity, and thrive in a fast-paced, time compressed, and dynamic environment. Must have strong interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively with subject matter experts, project managers and other team members.

Required Skills:

  • Understanding of the concepts involved in single sourcing and familiarity with content management and XML-based editors is also a plus.
  • Experience with DITA/structured authoring and HTML is a plus.
  • Experience with Adobe FrameMaker and Quadralay WebWorks desired.
  • Knowledge of PC platforms, XML, and content management systems would be helpful.

A Bachelor's degree in technical communication, electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, or computer science or related field is required.

LSI Corporation is a leading provider of innovative silicon, systems and software technologies that enable products which seamlessly bring people, information and digital content together. We offer a broad portfolio of capabilities and services including custom and standard product ICs, adapters, systems and software that are trusted by the world's best known brands to power leading solutions in the storage and networking markets.

We value the diversity of our people. LSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Interested candidates should send resumes to: Jo’lene Jernberg, LSI Corporation, Manager Standard Products Technical Writing at jolene.jernberg@lsi.com.