Senior Technical Writer

Wind River is seeking a Senior Technical Writer to join their Information Development department in Chennai, India. This role involves producing world-class documentation for the Wind River Studio Developer product, a modern DevOps platform for mission-critical embedded systems. The writer will work with DITA XML, track stories in Jira, update existing content, and collaborate with engineers globally to create user-centric, task-oriented content for product administration, deployment, and management.

Must Have

• Work in DITA XML to write user-centric, task-oriented content.
• Work with Jira to track stories and bugs.
• Update and rewrite existing content to current standards.
• Interview subject-matter experts and collaborate with engineers.
• Comfortable working independently and gaining hands-on experience with the product.
• Comfortable with the embedded development lifecycle and tools for managing system image builds.
• 3-8 years of experience working as a technical writer.
• Experience in conceptual and procedural writing.
• Experience in creating technical documentation with a DITA based structured authoring tool such as Ixiasoft.
• Experience working with Jira and Confluence.
• Experience writing in an Agile development environment.
• Experience with command-line tools.

Good to Have

• Experience with Platform security features like RBAC.
• Knowledge of Cloud storage best practices.
• Experience with Embedded development.
• Use of virtualization tools such as Docker and QEMU.
• Experience with Linux and Android operating systems.
• Experience with DevSecOps development methodology.
• Experience in creating technical documentation using reStructured text/Sphinx.
• Experience working with a repository management system such as GitLab or Bitbucket.

Perks & Benefits

• Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid Work.
• Group Medical Insurance coverage.
• Additional shared cost medical benefit in the form of reimbursements.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Various types of paid time off.
• Additional Time off’s – Birthday, Volunteer Time off, Wedding.
• Wellness Benefits through Unmind.
• Carrot (Family-forming support).

Description

About The Opportunity

Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aptiv, seeks an Intermediate Technical Writer to join our Information Development department. As part of this department, you will integrate with a team of developers to produce world-class documentation for the Wind River Studio Developer product.

Wind River Studio Developer is a modern DevOps platform designed to accelerate the development, testing, and deployment of mission-critical embedded systems. It provides a unified environment for developers, testers, and operators to collaborate efficiently, leveraging cloud-based tools like Studio Pipelines, Virtual Lab, and Test Automation. With support for continuous integration, over-the-air updates, and real-time feedback loops, Studio Developer streamlines workflows and enhances productivity across the entire software lifecycle

Wind River is looking for an Senior Technical Writer to integrate with a team of developers to produce world class documentation for the Wind River Studio Developer product.

Responsibilities:

• Work in DITA XML to write user-centric, task-oriented content for the administration, deployment, and management of the Studio Developer product.
• Work with Jira to track stories and bugs assigned to you.
• Update and rewrite existing content to bring it in line with current product functionality, DITA content structure and standards.
• Interview subject-matter experts, participate in review meetings, and collaborate with engineers in various geographic locations to create and update content.
• You must be comfortable working independently and asking questions to gain hands-on experience with the product.
• You must be comfortable with the embedded development lifecycle and tools for managing system image builds.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3-8 years of experience working as a technical writer.
• Excellent verbal and written skills in the English language.
• Experience in conceptual and procedural writing.
• Good technical and communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work efficiently with colleagues across geographic locations and time zones.
• Experience in creating technical documentation with a DITA based structured authoring tool such as Ixiasoft.
• Experience working with Jira and Confluence.
• Experience writing in an Agile development environment.
• Experience with command-line tools.

Nice to have

• Experience with or knowledge of:
• Platform security features like RBAC
• Cloud storage best practices
• Embedded development
• Use of virtualization tools such as Docker and QEMU.
• Experience with Linux and Android operating systems.
• Experience with DevSecOps development methodology.
• Experience in creating technical documentation using reStructured text/Sphinx.
• Experience working with a repository management system such as GitLab or Bitbucket.

BENEFITS

• Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid Work.
• Medical insurance: Group Medical Insurance coverage.
• Additional shared cost medical benefit in the form of reimbursements.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Vacation and Time off: Employees are eligible for various types of paid time off.
• Additional Time off’s – Birthday, Volunteer Time off, Wedding.
• Wellness Benefits through  Unmind
• Carrot (Family -forming support)