- Works with staff to develop and deliver internal and external customer documentation to support client products and programs.
- Writes, proofreads, formats and edits technical and marketing documentation (errata, databooks, white papers, application notes, schematics, product briefs, newsletters, product/vertical market presentations, and Web page content), as specified by the document owners and AES documentation process.
- Ensure content is clean and accurate.
- Edit content as needed in accordance with department guidelines and company standards.
- Confer with technical personnel to ensure content accuracy and to resolve questions or contradictions.
- Write and edit documentation with consistent style. Usher documents through legal and technical review cycles;
- Publish final document versions in accordance with the corporate process.
- Deliver documents on schedules determined by the document owners and program management.
- Assist with the development of additional documents as required
Preferred candidate profile
- Bachelors degree with 5-7 years of experience, or Masters with 5+ years of experience as a technical writer;
- Experience writing structured documentation;
- Experience using oXygen, XMetal, Quark, XMLMind or another XML editor, preferred;
- Ability to work with scripting languages such as Python or Perl, preferred;
- Excellent writing, editing and organizational skills;
- Experience with Adobe FrameMaker, Word, Adobe Acrobat Pro, and Adobe Illustrator;
- Experience with Perforce and Doxygen, preferred;
- Good understanding of engineering terminology used within the semiconductor industry;
- Valuable understanding of x86-based computer systems and components;
- Proven interpersonal skills, leadership and teamwork, required