Senior Technical Writer Job in San Jose - CA, United States

ASML is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment.

Our vision is to enable affordable microelectronics that improve the quality of life. To achieve this, our mission is to invent, develop, manufacture and service advanced technology for high-tech lithography, metrology and software solutions for the semiconductor industry.

ASML's guiding principle is continuing Moore's Law towards ever smaller, cheaper, more powerful and energy-efficient semiconductors. This results in increasingly powerful and capable electronics that enable the world to progress within a multitude of fields, including healthcare, technology, communications, energy, mobility, and entertainment.

Working at ASML
We provide the world’s top chipmakers everything they need to create better performing, cheaper semiconductor chips. Simply put: we are an industry leader supporting industry leaders.

As such, you’ll be encouraged to bring your best ideas and act on them. You’ll have the freedom, trust, and support in your field to experiment and solve complex challenges. Things are rarely dull when you’re constantly breaking new ground.

But despite our fast-paced environment at the forefront of tech, we take your work-life balance and wellbeing seriously. A business is only as good as its employees.

So join us, and you’ll be a part of a global collaboration. One that promotes creativity, the inclusion of highly diverse teams, and an exciting and dynamic work environment. Join us, and you’ll be a part of progress.

Senior Technical Writer Job Description

IntroductionASML brings together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop lithography machines that are key to producing faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient microchips. We design, develop, integrate, market and service these advanced machines, which enable our customers - the world’s leading chipmakers - to reduce the size and increase the functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics. Our main headquarters are located in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, and we also have 18 office locations around the United States- including main offices in Wilton, CT, Chandler, AZ, San Jose, CA and San Diego, CA.We are proud of bringing together the brightest minds all over the world to tackle the most challenging problems in making faster and smaller chips. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to go beyond yourself in developing more advanced techniques and push the technology boundaries.ASML San Jose, CA is an industry leader in computational lithography for integrated circuits. Our Tachyon platform enables capabilities that address chip design, photomask making and wafer printing for semiconductor manufacturing and the LithoTuner platform enables lithography optimization for ASML’s leading photo lithography tools, known as ‘scanners’. Job MissionWe are seeking an experienced Technical Writer for an onsite full time position. You will update and maintain documentation for a highly sophisticated engineer and developer audience in the semiconductor industry. Job Description-Write, edit, and publish high-quality single-source product documentation authored in DITA XML using Oxygen XML Author, Adobe structured FrameMaker, and Microsoft Word, integrated with the Bluestream XDocs Component Content Management System (CCMS).
-Coordinate internal reviews of the product documentation.
-Publish documentation in PDF using Adobe Acrobat.
-Collaborate with other writers and the product engineering, development, customer support, and product marketing teams to develop and maintain product documentation. EducationBS/BA degree required in English, Communication, Technical Writing, other related degree, or equivalent experience. Experience-0-2 years of experience writing and editing developer documentation for highly complex technology products.  
-Two or more years’ experience using DITA and a DITA CCMS.
-Experience using oXygen or another XML authoring tool.
-Ability to develop and maintain documents that contains a large number of DITA files.
-Ability to add and update index entries.
-Experience working with off-site authors and subject matter experts (SMEs), including editing content created by English as a Second Language (ESL) speakers.
-Working knowledge of Microsoft Word.
-Experience creating and editing graphics using Microsoft PowerPoint and a screenshot utility, such as TechSmith SnagIt.
-Experience using source control tools, wikis, and bug tracking systems (Perforce, Atlassian Confluence and JIRA preferred).
-Experience creating and maintaining online help.
-Experience writing and editing product and service documentation for chip design and manufacturing products in the semiconductor industry.
-Experience using Simple English or Basic English to document complex concepts for ESL audiences.
-Experience with structured FrameMaker.
-Familiarity with UNIX tools and commands.
-Ability to read C and Java code, and to recognize proper code formatting. Personal skills-Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
-Strong attention to detail.
-Ability to prioritize and multi-task. Context of the positionThis position primarily works in an office environment. It requires frequent sitting, standing and walking. Daily use of a computer is required. May stand for extended periods when facilitating meetings.
The physical demands of the position described herein are essential functions of the job and employees must be able to successfully perform these tasks for extended periods. Reasonable accommodations may be made for those individuals with real or perceived disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job described. Other informationEEO/AA (W/M/Vets/Disability) Employer.
 

Senior Technical Writer Job Requirements

BS/BA degree required in English, Communication, Technical Writing, other related degree, or equivalent experience.

-0-2 years of experience writing and editing developer documentation for highly complex technology products.  
-Two or more years’ experience using DITA and a DITA CCMS.
-Experience using oXygen or another XML authoring tool.
-Ability to develop and maintain documents that contains a large number of DITA files.
-Ability to add and update index entries.
-Experience working with off-site authors and subject matter experts (SMEs), including editing content created by English as a Second Language (ESL) speakers.
-Working knowledge of Microsoft Word.
-Experience creating and editing graphics using Microsoft PowerPoint and a screenshot utility, such as TechSmith SnagIt.
-Experience using source control tools, wikis, and bug tracking systems (Perforce, Atlassian Confluence and JIRA preferred).
-Experience creating and maintaining online help.
-Experience writing and editing product and service documentation for chip design and manufacturing products in the semiconductor industry.
-Experience using Simple English or Basic English to document complex concepts for ESL audiences.
-Experience with structured FrameMaker.
-Familiarity with UNIX tools and commands.
-Ability to read C and Java code, and to recognize proper code formatting.

-Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
-Strong attention to detail.
-Ability to prioritize and multi-task.

This position primarily works in an office environment. It requires frequent sitting, standing and walking. Daily use of a computer is required. May stand for extended periods when facilitating meetings.
The physical demands of the position described herein are essential functions of the job and employees must be able to successfully perform these tasks for extended periods. Reasonable accommodations may be made for those individuals with real or perceived disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job described.

Senior Technical Writer Application Information

EEO/AA (W/M/Vets/Disability) Employer.
 

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