At a Glance
- Tasks: Create and manage user documentation for innovative software in a collaborative environment.
- Company: Join Renishaw, a leader in Intelligent Metrology software.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working, professional development, and great perks.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive culture with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on user experience with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Strong writing skills and a passion for technical communication.
The predicted salary is between 40500 - 49500 £ per year.
Location: Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire
Salary: up to £45,000, depending on experience
Hybrid working: 3 days/week on-site
We're looking for a Technical Author to join our team and help shape the user experience of our Intelligent Metrology software portfolio, MODUS IM. MODUS IM is a suite of inspection software applications that work together to support programmers, operators, data analysts, and automation engineers. Its modular architecture allows us to create tailored solutions for a diverse range of manufacturing and metrology environments.
As a Technical Author, you'll be responsible for creating, managing, and delivering high-quality user documentation across the MODUS IM product range. Working closely with software engineers, product owners, and support teams, you'll ensure that our customers receive clear, accurate, and effective guidance that helps them get the most from our software.
Responsibilities:
- Create, edit, and maintain user-facing documentation, including Help systems, release notes, datasheets, and supporting technical content.
- Apply best-practice authoring techniques to develop topic-based, modular, and reusable content.
- Structure and organise documentation to meet the needs of various user groups.
- Collaborate with product owners, subject matter experts, support teams, and software developers to ensure that content is accurate, complete, and easy to understand.
- Follow and contribute to documentation standards, style guides, terminology, and processes.
- Review and advise on user-facing text within software applications.
- Manage localisation activities, including localisation engineering processes and language pack verification.
Key requirements:
- An interest in technical writing within an engineering or software environment.
- Excellent written communication skills.
- The ability to understand complex technical concepts and explain them clearly and concisely.
- Strong interpersonal skills and enthusiasm for collaborating with colleagues across teams and locations.
- Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
- A positive attitude towards feedback and continuous improvement.
- An interest in multilingual content and localisation processes.
- Experience creating technical documentation or user assistance content.
Desirable requirements:
- Experience working with software development teams or engineering products.
- Knowledge of structured authoring, content reuse, or modern documentation practices.
What we offer:
- A collaborative and supportive working environment.
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
- A competitive salary and benefits package.
- A discretionary hybrid working arrangement, with a minimum of three days per week in the office (non-contractual).
- The opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the experience of software users around the world.
The successful candidate will be comfortable managing a varied workload across multiple projects. You'll have strong interviewing and information-gathering skills, enabling you to work effectively with subject matter experts. You'll also have, or be keen to develop, an awareness of current trends and best practices in technical communication.
Benefits:
- 9% non-contributory pension
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Subsidised onsite restaurants and coffee shops
- Free parking
- Car sharing scheme
- 24 hour fitness centres (not available at all sites)
- Hybrid working policy
- Variable working programme
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria
- Health Cash Plan
- Option to join Renishaw Health Trust (Aviva)
- Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family
At Renishaw, we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement. If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 490384 or recruitment@renishaw.com.
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