Head of Technical Documentation

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About Optimus Technologies

Optimus Technologies is a clean energy technology company based in Pittsburgh, PA. Optimus manufactures the Vector System, an advanced fuel system technology that enables diesel engines to operate on 100% biodiesel. The Vector System is designed for medium and heavy-duty fleet applications, where emissions reductions are challenging or impossible to achieve in a cost-effective manner through other means. The Vector System integrates into existing operations to facilitate a seamless transition to low-carbon fuels. 

Optimus' Vector System is in use with leading municipal, private and commercial fleets throughout the country, enabling them to achieve near-zero carbon emissions while reducing their fuel and fleet operating costs.

Find out more at optimustec.com, or on Linkedin

Job Description

Optimus seeks a dynamic, organized Head of Technical Documentation to help us to reach our bold growth goals assisting fleets in reducing their carbon emissions and achieving environmental sustainability goals.

This is a full-time, salaried position ($110,240-$123,280) with benefits and matching IRA. This role will be responsible for creating well organized, high-quality, user-friendly documentation in regard to the engineering, production, installation, and maintenance of the Vector System. The Head of Technical Documentation will work closely with Optimus Technologies' Customers, Engineering Team, Production team, and Field Service Team coordinating efforts to provide technical documentation to continually address updates of the Vector System to ensure project milestones and goal are met and adhere to budgets.

Optimus is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. People of color, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, veterans and members of other historically disenfranchised groups are strongly encouraged to apply; we also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories. We are most excited to work with individuals who learn quickly and have a passion for clean energy solutions.

Responsibilities

• Gathering, organizing, reading, and analyzing technical information, concepts, programs, and existing product information from various sources to document new or changing product iterations
• Assisting in the development of plans to capture information revisions, new information needs, and meeting scheduled product release dates
• Writing, formatting, editing, reviewing and proofing technical information for technical and non-technical users
• Creation and editing of both digital video and audio tutorials as well as non-digital print copies
• Assembling graphic aides within documents
• Editing and preparing the final master copy
• Attend product development meetings and design review meetings to determine documentation needs for product releases
• Ensuring customer satisfaction by preparing product information that is useful, accurate, and user friendly
• Ensuring that all product infromation is reviewed and approved
• Providing regular updated project status reports to management and teams

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or equivalent experience
• 4-6 years of technical writing experience
• Preferred - 2 years project management experience
• Understanding and experience with both internal and external documentation of sensitive and confidential information
• Experience with ownership of revisions and revision history for technical documentation
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to understand technical concepts to create clear and concise documentation
• Ability to simultaneously work on different documentation modules and several product iterations in a fast-paced development environment

Other Job Requirements

• A passion for alternative energy solutions
• Exposure to outdoor, warehouse, and shop working conditions.
• Adaptive to everchanging workload, conditions, and environments
• Flexible hours of operation
• Valid driver's license