At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and run documentation workflows using generative AI for technical accuracy.
- Company: Join NoMuda, a leading tech company transforming manufacturing processes.
- Benefits: Enjoy catered lunches, an onsite gym, and a dog-friendly office.
- Other info: Opportunity for permanent role after maternity cover in a vibrant team.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by improving documentation that helps teams work faster.
- Qualifications: Experience in technical writing and using generative AI tools is essential.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 52000 £ per year.
Most technical author roles are writing roles. This one is a systems design role where the output happens to be documentation. Salary & package £45,000–£52,000 dependent on experience. Fixed-term maternity cover, with a genuine route to a permanent role. Office-based, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
About NoMuda
NoMuda has been building VisualFactory, a manufacturing execution system, for over 25 years. It runs on the shop floors of manufacturers including Volvo, Bombardier and ThyssenKrupp, controlling and recording complex assembly and production processes. The team is around 50 people across the UK and US, with most of the UK team based near Stratford-upon-Avon. Lean principles run through how the company builds and works: “muda” is Japanese for waste.
The role covers maternity leave, but the plan is for it to become permanent if you build the function well. You'll design and run a documentation workflow where generative AI produces first drafts and you provide the technical understanding and editorial judgement to make them accurate. Get it right, and implementation teams move faster, customers adopt quicker, and support calls go down.
Key responsibilities
- Build prompts, templates and pipelines that turn changelogs, Jira tickets, specs and recordings into structured first drafts.
- Own the information architecture and style guide for the whole documentation set.
- Produce and maintain functional documentation, process guides and release notes as the product evolves.
- Work with development, implementation and customer success to capture knowledge and check technical accuracy.
- Set the quality standard for documentation and report against it.
What you'll bring
Essential:
- Solid technical writing experience on enterprise, industrial or otherwise complex software.
- Hands-on experience using generative AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot or similar) inside a real, production documentation workflow, with output you can talk through at interview.
- Strong prompting skills: getting well-structured, accurate first drafts from large language models.
- Sharp editorial judgement: spotting where AI-generated content is wrong, ambiguous or subtly off, and fixing it.
- The ability to understand a deep technical product and write clearly about it for audiences from shop-floor operators to integration engineers.
Useful, not essential:
- Background in MES, ERP or manufacturing software.
- Docs-as-code experience: Markdown, Git and platforms such as Docusaurus, GitBook, Confluence or MadCap Flare.
- Experience building AI-assisted documentation pipelines or automations.
- API and integration documentation experience.
Benefits & culture
- Company catered lunches every 2 weeks.
- Onsite Gym.
- Dog Friendly Office.
- Stunning rural location for walks.
- EV Scheme (salary Sacrifice).
- Company Sick Pay.
Working arrangements
Location: Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire (B95) | Office-based, five days a week.
Contract: Fixed-term maternity cover, with a genuine route to permanent. This role is deliberately office-based, so you can work directly alongside developers, implementation consultants and customer success day to day.
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Technical Author in Slough employer: Nomuda
As a Technical Author in our innovative company, you will thrive in a collaborative work culture that values creativity and technical expertise. We offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and ample opportunities for professional growth, all set in a dynamic location that fosters both personal and career development. Join us to make a meaningful impact through your documentation skills while enjoying a supportive environment that encourages continuous learning.
