Job Description

Senior Technical Writer

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You will be working as Senior Technical Writer and will be part of Process Automation Business Area for Marine & Ports Division based in Bangalore, India. In this role you will be reporting to R&D Team Lead and will be responsible to produce complete product documentation to facilitate technical understanding of products.

Your responsibilities

• Must have expertise in relevant technical domain/area to manage compilation of product documentation (manuals, etc.) and to describe handling, functionality and architecture etc.of a technical product/solution.
• Planning, editing, writing and developing or migrate complete set of technical documents for the customer. Providing enough information and content in written (or other) form regarding the product/solution so it can be understood and used by the recipient.
• Must be able to collaborate with technical colleagues across the organization to collect all relevant information to be used in technical documentation and partners with them to clarify ambiguous topics.
• Must be able to coordinate the approval process for the technical documentation. Organizes reviews and ensures documentation meets customer requirements.
• Keeping an updated knowledge of the main characteristics of the relevant products and a good awareness of the most common publishing tools on the market.
• Contributing to ad hoc project activities and developing/improving documentation tools, templates, processes and execution of tasks using approved processes and tools.

Your background

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering with 7 + years of experience in Content development exposure in tools like Skribenta, MS Office, Snag IT, Adobe Captivate.
• Must have strong competence in technical English. Must have Strong knowledge in DITA concepts and information structuring techniques for user-centered content creation.
• Must have solid experience in Skribenta or similar Component Content Management Systems (CCMS).
• Must be able to deliver high quality content according to plan.

More about us

ABB Marine & Ports supplies world-leading technologies that are driving the evolution of sustainable shipping. Electrical propulsion, data-driven decision support and integrated solutions for ship and shore from ABB are paving the way to a zero-emission marine industry, providing greater efficiency and reliability to shipowners, and preparing vessels to meet the demands of tomorrow. Our automation and electrical solutions are making port and terminal operations safer, greener and more productive. ABB Marine & Ports operates in 26 countries and has 2,000 employees. www.abb.com/marine. It has come to our attention that the name of ABB is being used for asking candidates to make payments for job opportunities (interviews, offers). Please be advised that ABB makes no such requests. All our open positions are made available on our career portal for all fitting the criteria to apply. ABB does not charge any fee whatsoever for recruitment process. Please do not make payments to any individuals / entities in connection to recruitment with ABB, even if is claimed that the money is refundable. ABB is not liable for such transactions. For current open positions you can visit our career website https://global.abb/group/en/careers and apply. Please refer to detailed recruitment fraud caution notice using the link https://global.abb/group/en/careers/how-to-apply/fraud-warning. Careers at ABB | ABB jobs Professionals, Graduates, Entry-level or Students: find your job at ABB and make a positive impact on society and environment. Join our team! We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. Work model: on site #LI-onsite