Technical Author

Job Description 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. Unnecessary 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 When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites). We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a 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, the option to join Renishaw Health Trust (Aviva) and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family. Please click here for further information about our benefits. 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. Please click here for further information about diversity and inclusion at Renishaw. Employment Type: Permanent Time Type: Full time Requisition Number: R9898 Technical Author (Open) Renishaw is a FTSE 250 global engineering and scientific technology company, with core skills in measurement, motion control, additive manufacturing, healthcare, spectroscopy and manufacturing. We supply products and services that push the boundaries of what is possible in applications as diverse as jet engine and wind turbine manufacture, through to dentistry and brain surgery. We are also a world leader in the field of metal additive manufacturing (also referred to as 3D printing), where we design and make industrial machines that ‘print' parts from metal powder. We currently have 77 offices in 36 countries, with around 5,200 employees worldwide. Over 3,000 people are employed within the UK where we carry out the majority of our research and development, and manufacturing. With a global presence in a broad range of sectors, we aim to ensure that our workforce reflects the diverse global communities we serve. Every year we welcome a wide range of new employees, from apprentices to experienced professionals. By joining Renishaw you will be making a difference to the world in which we live, in a global company that encourages innovation and personal achievement. Our people help us to pursue this purpose so that we can continue to be a world leader in precision technology and deliver on our vision to innovate and transform capabilities in manufacturing, science and healthcare through unparalleled levels of precision, productivity and practicality.

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