Technical Writer - 6 month fixed term contract in Cambridge

About the Role

As a Technical Writer, you are responsible for the development of clear, concise, and user-focused documentation that simplifies the complex technical information associated with CMR Surgical’s Versius Surgical System for diverse audiences, including regulatory bodies, professional users, and stakeholders. Collaborating with cross-functional teams such as project management, engineering, marketing, and professional education. You are responsible for the creation of user-facing materials, such as user materials, training materials, technical specifications, etc. in compliance with local procedures and market-specific regulatory requirements. This work is key to supporting product usability, enhancing customer understanding, aligning with overall business objectives, and ultimately ensuring our ability to successfully commercialise.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate, readable, and regulatory compliant materials for CMR Surgical’s Versius Surgical System in line with quality and regulatory requirements.
• Work with subject matter experts (SMEs), engineers, marketing, and other stakeholders to gather detailed technical information.
• Regularly update content to reflect product changes, enhancements, or updates.
• Manage documentation versions to ensure accuracy in fast-changing environments, retiring outdated content while ensuring it is still accessible for reference if needed.
• Structure content logically with clear headings, sections, and cross-references for ease of navigation.
• Create or include visuals such as diagrams, flowcharts, screenshots to enhance understanding.
• Review documents for grammatical accuracy, clarity, and readability, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Be willing to turn your hand to anything within the Regulatory Affairs remit that helps the team deliver its objectives.

About You

To be successful in this role, you’ll need to have/be:

• Experience as a Technical Writer or a similar role.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Communications, Journalism, or Professional Writing, or equivalent.
• Certificates in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop is desirable.
• Fluency in another language in addition to English is desirable.
• Familiarity with source and target language challenges, with expertise gained within a highly regulated industry, e.g. Medical Technology or equivalent global and complex organisation.
• Experience of working within a quality and compliance environment and application of policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Excellent proofreading skills with the ability to identify grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and meticulous attention to detail.
• Highly organised and able to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
• A strong team-player with the ability to engage with all levels of the organisation.
• Technical competency using software programs, including, but not limited to, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Guides Component Content Management Systems (CCMS), Jira, Smartsheet, NetSuite, MS Office, Power BI, etc.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and comfortable in a flat organisation.

Why Join Us?

We offer a competitive salary and a great benefits package including a bonus, non-contributory pension, private healthcare, generous annual leave allowance and enhanced global parental leave pay.

Interested? We’d love to hear from you!

This role requires candidates to have eligibility to work within the UK.