Technical Editor
Siemens Energy · Amadora, Portugal
No Portuguese requiredPosted 6 days ago
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A Snapshot of Your Day
You start your day with a coffee in the office, catching up on emails and connecting with colleagues, many of whom are based in Germany. During the morning, you focus on hands-on work in the content management system, progressing and finalizing your technical documentation projects. In the afternoon, your focus shifts towards collaboration, with coordination meetings on software roadmaps and other strategic topics. You also connect with internal customers to understand and clarify requirements for upcoming projects, helping turn complex technical information into clear, structured documentation.How You’ll Make an Impact
- Create, update and maintain technical documentation for Siemens Energy products and tooling, ensuring information is clear and suitable for its intended audience.
- Create, classify and edit content within an XML-based editorial system, following relevant legal, normative and target-group requirements, including creating supporting graphics where needed.
- Contribute to the continuous development of editorial systems and processes, including concepts that support greater standardization across technical documentation.
- Design cross-software interfaces that improve processes and enable information exchange between different software tools and editorial systems.
- Coordinate foreign-language translations and translation management while contributing to linguistic and stylistic guidelines and terminology.
What You Bring
- A Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science with a focus on technical communication, or linguistic studies with a focus on technical documentation.
- At least 2 years of professional experience in technical writing or a closely related area, combined with experience using established XML-based editorial systems.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to write professionally for different target audiences, together with excellent English skills. Excellent German skills are an advantage.
- An affinity for software, ideally including experience in software development, as well as knowledge of SAP.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft 365 tools, including Excel with VBA, SharePoint Online, Power Automate and Power Apps, together with the ability to work independently and collaboratively within an international, virtual team while managing competing priorities in a structured way.
About the Team
The Global Resource & Tooling Management Team is the backbone of the global Toolcenter network. You’ll become part of a diverse team of specialists working across documentation, data management, quality and product management for standard and special tooling. Together, the team creates testing instructions and manuals, manages hardware and software equipment, and helps build the digital landscape for the future. With colleagues across the globe, the team is focused on greater internalization and diversity.Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With over 100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation. Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation. Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideoOur Commitment to Diversity
Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character, no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.Rewards/Benefits
- Competitive salary and meal allowance
- Fair compensation for international work
- Health insurance coverage
- Remote work permitted within the country
- Additional 5 “Pontes” days off and Birthday off if it falls on a weekday, when not abroad (only applies for Portugal)
- Among others
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