Are you ready to make a significant impact in an innovative environment? At ORBCOMM, we are on the hunt for a passionate Sr. Technical Writer who thrives in a fast-paced, agile setting. We want you to transform complex technical information into clear, customer-focused documentation while driving excellence in documentation planning, delivery, and operational effectiveness.

Responsibilities

Technical Documentation

- Create, edit, and maintain high-quality technical documentation, including user guides, release notes, API documentation, knowledge base articles, and operational procedures.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear, concise, and audience-appropriate content.
- Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineering, Support, and Operations teams to gather information and ensure documentation accuracy.
- Establish and maintain documentation standards, templates, style guides, and best practices.
- Continuously improve content quality, discoverability, consistency, and user experience.

Documentation Planning Delivery

- Serve as the central point of coordination for documentation requests across multiple teams and initiatives.
- Assess incoming documentation needs and determine scope, dependencies, priorities, and delivery sequencing.
- Break down large documentation efforts into manageable work items and milestones.
- Maintain visibility into documentation commitments, progress, risks, and upcoming deliverables.
- Coordinate reviews, approvals, and feedback cycles with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Ensure documentation deliverables remain aligned with product release schedules and business priorities. Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Facilitate information gathering across a broad range of internal stakeholders, including hardware, firmware, software, mobile, and customer-facing teams.
- Investigate and validate technical information through direct use of the products and systems being documented.





- Gather stakeholder feedback and incorporate improvements into documentation deliverables.
- Provide guidance and knowledge transfer to team members.

Process Operational Excellence

- Identify bottlenecks, competing priorities, and resource constraints and proactively recommend solutions.
- Track documentation work through Jira and maintain an organized, transparent, and actionable backlog.

- Establish processes for intake, prioritization, estimation, status tracking, and reporting of documentation activities.
- Develop lightweight workflows that improve documentation throughput and stakeholder visibility.

- Create effort estimates for documentation initiatives and support release planning activities.
- Monitor documentation metrics and recommend improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

- Promote a culture of documentation ownership, continuous improvement, and operational rigor.

Who You Are

You're a strategic thinker with a knack for execution excellence, ready to tackle multiple priorities with agility and grace.

If you have

- 8+ years of technical writing experience.
- 4+ years of experience with MadCap Flare and Capture (Intermediate level or higher).
- Bachelor's degree in English, Technical Writing, or a related field.

- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat.
- Familiarity with Jira for task tracking and workflow management.
- Familiarity with version control repositories and clients such as TortoiseSVN.

- Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation for software, SaaS platforms, hardware products, or related technologies.
- Solid stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to convey complex information in a clear and concise manner.

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📌 Sr. Technical Writer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Orbcomm Technologies
📍 Hyderabad