Senior Technical Writer

Details

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is looking for phenomenal people in multiple subject areas to help us accelerate the next wave of computing.

Responsibilities

• Create documentation plans and schedules.
• Document product platforms as they are being developed.
• Drive the technical review process in Windows and Linux environments.
• Partner closely with software engineers and development team to research, scope, and run documentation projects.
• Gain a greater understanding of the fundamentals of high-quality software development.
• Research technical information and interact closely with engineering resources dispersed globally, preparing illustrations, diagrams, and charts. May test software to verify document accuracy.
• Projects may involve preparing individual sections of complex manuals or driving the complete production of conceptual and reference documents for sys admin and developer audiences.

Requirements

• Expertise in writing and/or editing original and highly technical user documentation, resulting in polished and professional final documentation packages for advanced engineering customers. Examples include API references, user guides, release notes, installation guides, and context-sensitive help files.
• Prefer some computer programming experience and/or experience documenting APIs in the code using Doxygen.
• Experience with DITA (ideally using Oxygen XML Editor) is very valuable.
• Some experience with Sphinx, using reStructuredText and/or Markdown, would also be helpful.
• 8+ years technical writing experience, preferably in an enterprise-level product company with an emphasis on technical user documentation.
• Skills for supporting multiple projects and multi-tasking.
• BA/BS in Technical Communications, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Benefits

NVIDIA offers a competitive base salary range of 140,000 USD - 264,500 USD, determined based on location, experience, and pay of employees in similar positions. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer.