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technical writer Ottawa

BlackBerry

Full Time Ottawa 95787 - 88003 CAD ANNUAL Today

Job description

Worker Sub-Type:

Regular

Job Description:

The QNX Technical Publications Team is looking for a technical writer to create high-quality written material that makes it easier for customers to develop software using QNX products. QNX products are designed for embedded systems running in cars, medical devices, railway control applications, and a variety of other safety-critical and mission-critical environments. You will join a team of technical writers (in an engineering organization) responsible for documenting our products, including QNX operating systems, QNX software development tools, and QNX middleware.

The ideal candidate is attentive to detail, experienced writing documentation for software developers, and interested in learning about new technologies as well as the people who rely on them.

Responsibilities of a technical writer:

Gathers information from source code, design documents, standards, and engineers.
Writes user guides, programming guides, reference guides, technical notes, and release notes.
Provides helpful, illustrative examples for the engineers who depend on them.
Collaborates with product managers to set and meet requirements.
Interacts with technical project managers to set and meet project schedules.

Essential skills and qualifications:

Writing skills.
Up-to-date on best practices in the field.
Familiar with information architecture, markup languages, source version control, problem reporting, and continuous integration.
Software readability (C, C++).
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent.

To your advantage:

Technical communication experience.
Experience with complex systems.
Expertise in content discovery, best practices for search, and user experience design.
Experience with setting up, maintaining, or redefining documentation toolchains.
Coding in Python or Perl to automate testing.

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About BlackBerry

CEO: John Chen
Revenue: $2 to $5 billion (USD)
Size: 1001 to 5000 Employees
Type: Company - Public
Website: https://www.blackberry.com
Year Founded: 1984

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