Technical Writer, Medical Device

Newark, DE, United States

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Our Breast & Skeletal Health is looking for a Technical Writer to join our team. As a Technical Writer you will be responsible for developing, designing, and controlling instructional and informational tools needed to assure safe, appropriate, and effective use of science and technology, intellectual property, and manufactured products and services. This position will sit at our expanding Innovation Center in Newark, DE. Apply today !

What To Expect:

• Design and implement work instructions, area guidelines, knowledge base topics, and departmental SOPs as required.

• Create new documentation and improve existing documentation.

• Work with key personnel to expand knowledge and understanding of how to perform and troubleshoot instrumentation, assays, software, etc. to develop and improve content.

• Identify and implement document changes to maintain consistency across product lines/processes.

• Lead collaborative review sessions and cross-functional team Label Design Review.

• Manage multiple user documentation projects at a time.

• Assist core team members and project team leads in the developing documentation timelines and deliverables.

• Initiates and drives inter-departmental continuous improvement for a team of contributors.

• Works towards obtaining certification relevant to job functions.

• Information Design and Development

• Work with international/translation Labeling Coordinator addressing questions from the vendor

• Contribute to work instructions, area guidelines, knowledge base topics, style guides/templates, and department SOPs.

• Attend project/core team meetings as required as extended core team representative and make recommendations regarding the IFU project schedule and deliverables required considering information learned at these meetings.

• Revise existing documentation by working w/ stakeholders, partners, or distributors to facilitate revision, review and approval of documentation.

• Coordinate the collaborative review process and establish review and edit cycles based on the project timeline and availability of resources. Train cross-functional team on review process as needed.

• Coordinate the transition of documentation through preproduction, regulatory submission and production phases as appropriate.

• INVs/CAPAs investigations using analytical skills and judgement, conferring with other writers and SMEs when appropriate, to determine root cause, and to recommend and implement changes.

• Through Technical Training, maintain and expand knowledge of, assays, instrumentation, and software as it applies to documentation.

• May on special occasions coordinate and manage translation projects to assist International Labeling Coordinator.

• Initiates and drives departmental continuous improvement for a team of contributors.

What We Expect:

• Experience with PLM systems such as Agile

• Problem Solving and Analytical Skills

• Project and Time Management Skills

• Intermediate Technical Writing Theory and Practices

• Design Theory

• Troubleshooting Skills

• Interpersonal skills

• Technical skills: Adobe Suite InDesign, Illustrator, Adobe Pro… MS Office applications

• MadCap Flare, and Author-It a plus

• Experience with HTML and CSS a plus

• Experience with source control such as Team Foundation Server and GitHub a plus

Qualifications:

Education

• BA or BS

Experience

• 5-8 years related experience

The annualized base salary range is$91,200 - $142,700 and is bonus eligible. Final compensation packages will ultimately depend on factors including relevant experience, skillset, knowledge, geography, education, business needs and market demand.

Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice: Agencies that submit a resume to Hologic must have a current executed Hologic Agency Agreement executed by a member of the Human Resource Department. In addition Agencies may only submit candidates to positions for which they have been invited to do so by a Hologic Recruiter.  All resumes must be sent to the Hologic Recruiter under these terms or they will not be considered.

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