Senior Technical Writer
Thermo Fisher Scientific
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $103,100 - $137,500 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing information from a wide variety of technical and scientific sources and translating it into clear, concise end-user documentation
- Serving as a strong advocate for clarity, consistency, and usability of technical content in cross-functional program team meetings
- Leading documentation-related decision-making for product commercialization, including legal review, regulatory review, graphics, style standards, translations, and document control
- Managing multiple documentation projects or workstreams, including schedules, priorities, and deliverables
- Training, mentoring, and coaching other writers within the Technical Communications team
- Staying current with life sciences industry standards, regulatory expectations, and competitor documentation practices
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific field required
- Advanced degree (MS or Ph.D.) or equivalent experience in life sciences strongly preferred
- Minimum of 4 years of technical writing experience in a scientific or life sciences environment
- Proven ability to lead multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously
- Experience with topic-based authoring and structured content (XML, HTML, DITA preferred)
- Proficiency with documentation tools such as FrameMaker, InDesign, RoboHelp, and/or Microsoft Word
Benefits
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
technical writingtopic-based authoringstructured contentXMLHTMLDITA
Soft skills
advocacy for clarityconsistencyusabilityproject managementmentoringcoaching