Technical Writer Job in Vest, Inc.

VEST, Inc. was founded in 1997 in Troy, Michigan, USA. We are a niche, leading worldwide commercial provider of innovative design-automation and sales-automation Desktop Solutions to the Fluid Power industry. Our products help engineers and hydraulic corporations do their jobs faster with end-to-end automation needed to execute 2D schematic and 3D manifold designs. VEST has developed a portfolio of software solutions to improve the schematic design, 3D geometric configuration design, and the accurate Manufacturing of hydraulic power units and manifold assemblies. VEST has more recently extended these capabilities as cloud-based services for OEMs, retail salespeople, field service technicians, and engineers.

We are looking for a talented Technical Writer to research, outline, write, and edit new and existing technical contents of our products. In this role, you will work closely with our product development teams to analyze requirements, take inputs from Project Managers, Tech Leads, and ensure all technical documentations meets organizational standards.

• Prepare, review, revise, and maintain technical documents, including architectural design, software and systems engineering, system operations and user documentation.
• Develop and maintain a detailed database of appropriate reference materials, including research, and design specifications.
• Evaluate current content and develop innovative approaches for improvement.
• Independently gather information from Project Managers, Development Leads to develop, organize, and write procedure manuals, technical specifications, and process documentations.
• Work with development and IT team to identify all documentation repositories, revise and edit, and determine the workable solutions for data compilation and centralized storage.
• To obtain a deep understanding of our products to translate complex product information into simple, polished, and engaging content.

• You have the expertise to understand and communicate the technical aspects of a software product to both highly technical as well as non-technical users.
• Excellent, clear, clean, accessible writing and proofreading skills.
• Obsessive eye for consistency and technical accuracy.
• Ability to read and understand programming code and complex technical documents like software architecture document and Entity Relationship Diagram.
• As an ideal candidate, you have proven experience of 5-7 years in technical writing or technical documentations preferably for Software product-based organization/s.
• You have a bachelor s degree (B. Tech) in Computer Science Engineering or related field, and you possess a superior written and verbal communication skills, with a keen eye for detail.
• You can quickly learn and understand complex topics and have reasonable understanding of the Software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Experience in working with various technical documentation tools is preferred.

• We at VEST always try to foster an environment that values and respects all individual s strength, perspectives, ideas, and ability to meet the needs of our customers globally.
• Challenging opportunities: Learning happens outside the comfort zone and that is where our team likes to be always pushing the boundaries and growing personally and professionally.
• We have a strong culture of valuing our employees and promoting an autonomous, transparent, and ethical work environment.
• Talented and supportive peers who value your contributions and drive your learning.

• AutoRouterTM is the world s first and only automated manifold design service.
• MDTools is the world s only 3D parametric software created exclusively for manifold design.
• HyDraw CAD is the premier schematic design product with a self-contained 2D CAD engine.
• NetSkeme is the world s first cloud-based, multi-domain schematic service using DWG file format.
• ManifoldEdgeTM is a recently launched online 3-D collaboration platform supporting manifold design.