Lead R&D Documentation Specialist

Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation, helping the world’s most innovative companies deliver radically better products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, Ansys helps companies solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination.

SUMMARY
As a Lead Technical Writer you will be responsible for leading the documentation team and developing user collaterals for various Semiconductor BU products at Ansys.  You will be responsible for planning, organizing, writing, and editing the technical specifications, application notes and user manuals.

RESPONSIBILITIES
•As a Lead Technical Writer you will have the opportunity to work with the world class Development Team and the Product Engineering Team starting from product feature technical specification creation all the way up to its productization.
•You must have the skills and experience to coordinate with all involved parties and produce user guides and training materials.
•You will also be interfacing with the Application Engineering team to collect user feedback from the customers and collaborate with the Product Engineering to improvise the content based on the feedback.
•You will work independently, interacting and collaborating with multi-site teams and you will deliver high quality collaterals by demonstrating strict adherence to the documentation template, style guidelines and other doc-processes followed by the group.
•Mentor local or remote tech writers’ team by using tool knowledge and domain expertise

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 
•Degree in an engineering, scientific, programming, or technical discipline with 6+ years of technical writing experience
•Has very good understanding/experience with the Technical Publication processes ranging from doc planning/writing/publication of various user documents.
•Excellent written/verbal communication skills with great attention to detail. Ability to write for both business as well as technical audiences
•You take ownership of projects assigned and drive it with little supervision and deliver quality work first time

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
•Having experience in writing technical documentation in Semiconductor domain would be a plus
•Demonstrated consistent record of independent time and project management, productivity, meeting objectives and deadlines with no supervision; demonstrated consistent ability to collaborate and work effectively with diverse staff in multiple regions and multiple departments
•Passion for trying the Product hands-on before documenting
•Some travelling will be required