Senior Technical Writer

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION:
As a Senior Technical Writer at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will create user guides, instructions for use, online help systems, protocols, and related content for research scientists and clinical lab workers using our instruments, software, assays, and reagents. You will gather and synthesize information from a wide variety of sources and transform it into clear and concise end-user content in a fast-paced environment. You will work closely with large program teams developing research-use and regulated products, and will be a strong voice for the customer experience in team meetings. You will lead complex multi-writer documentation projects and function as a project leader, trainer, and mentor for other writers in the group. You will develop a deep knowledge of Thermo Fisher Scientific systems and processes, including the product development process, legal review, regulatory and quality requirements, graphics, style, translations, and document control. Candidates with experience in topic-based authoring, XML or HTML authoring, and DITA are preferred.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline. Advanced degree preferred.
• At least 4 years technical writing experience, preferably in a scientific environment or in the life sciences industry.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Proven ability to learn, understand, and clearly convey complex technical and scientific concepts.
• Experience working in complex development environments and managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience mentoring other technical writers and driving documentation strategy.
• Knowledge of clinical research, pharmaceutical industry, or scientific instrumentation preferred.
• Experience with topic-based authoring using DITA preferred.
• Experience with XML authoring tools preferred.
• Experience with HTML and CSS markup languages a plus.
• Knowledge of relevant style guides and best practices.