Position Summary:
As a member of an expanding design enablement team, the Technical Writer will work closely with a staff technical writer and a broad range of subject matter experts (SMEs) to document emerging semiconductor manufacturing process technologies, advanced packaging solutions, and related intellectual property. Responsible for producing high-quality, industry standard content essential for customer satisfaction throughout the semiconductor design and manufacturing process. This role could be hybrid or remote potentially.
Major Areas of Accountability:
- Produce high-quality technical content that is clear, concise, and technically accurate for inclusion in customer-facing design specifications, user guides, data sheets, and release notes.
- Adhere to semiconductor industry standards and established corporate guidelines to achieve a consistent style and format across products and programs at multiple sites.
- Communicate effectively with SMEs to obtain and verify up-to-date source content and review draft content for technical accuracy and completeness.
- Participate in project planning and work independently or as team member to meet established release deadlines.
- Complete multiple projects within a single release cycle.
Required Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in technical or professional writing, technical communication, English, journalism, or engineering
Experience and/or Training:
- 5+ years of technical writing and editing experience in the semiconductor industry or equivalent high-tech industry.
- Must have prior experience in semiconductor or microelectronics industries with strong understanding of semiconductor terminology.
- Fluent in American English with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills.
- Adobe FrameMaker and Acrobat and/or Microsoft Office 365 desktop publishing expertise.
- Microsoft Visio or equivalent technical illustration expertise.
U.S. Person Required: This position requires compliance to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All accepted applicants must be U.S. Persons. ITAR defines a U.S. Person as U.S. citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident, Political Asylee, or Refugee.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong understanding of integrated circuit (IC) design, fabrication, and/or advanced packaging techniques.
- Familiarity with IC electronic design automation tool-assisted design flows and use of foundry process design kits.