Senior Technical Writer (hybrid)

Honeywell Honeywell · Industrial · Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland

Senior Technical Writer at Honeywell, responsible for creating and maintaining technical documentation for Building Automation products. The role involves collaborating with agile teams, producing visual aids, and ensuring documentation standards are met. Requires 5+ years of experience in technical writing and a relevant degree or equivalent experience. Familiarity with AI tools for content development is a plus.

What you'd actually do

  1. Create and maintain a variety of technical documentation including user manuals, operating instructions, online help, release notes, and knowledge base articles.
  2. Collaborate with agile teams, including software development, quality assurance, product management, and program management to ensure timely delivery of documentation and localization deliverables.
  3. Produce infographics, illustrations, and screenshots to effectively illustrate products, features, and workflows.
  4. Ensure all documentation adheres to departmental style guidelines and contribute to the continuous improvement of these standards.

Skills

Required

  • technical documentation
  • writing
  • layout
  • editing
  • organizational skills
  • English
  • Polish

Nice to have

  • help authoring
  • user manuals
  • operating instructions
  • release notes
  • knowledge base articles
  • AI tools for content development
  • HTML
  • XML
  • Adobe FrameMaker
  • MadCap Flare
  • Microsoft Office
  • Adobe applications
  • Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)
  • writing for localization
  • desktop publishing
  • Agile methodology
  • Rally
  • JIRA
  • security management systems
  • OnGuard
  • NetBox
  • hardware documentation

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of experience in technical documentation
  • Bachelor’s Degree in technical writing, communications, engineering, journalism, English, technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Exceptional writing, layout, editing, and organizational skills, with the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly
  • Good written and verbal English and Polish communication skills