Technical Writer - Engineering Shared Services

Company Description

GO JOIN THE INNOVATORS WHO ENHANCE OUR LIVES AND EARN EIGHT PATENTS DAILY.

At the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, we know that every career matters. Which is why you should conduct yours on a grand scale. Headquartered in the northwest Chicago suburb of Mount Prospect, we are a $990 million division of Bosch, a multinational engineering and electronics organization and the largest privately held employer in the world.

Guided by the principles of founder Robert Bosch, we offer a setting where social and environmental responsibility are part of our corporate DNA. Always mindful of our impact on the future, we are committed to sustainability, paying it forward, giving back, and lifelong learning. These are but a few of the reasons why our parent company has more than 400,000 associates and a legacy of success spanning 135+ years.

As one of the world’s top 25 patent-earning companies, we average approximately eight per day.

Our Mount Prospect location offers engaging opportunities for engineering and technology professionals to support our renowned brands of handheld power tools. As a leading global technology and services supplier committed to innovative R&D, we’ll empower you to explore many established and emerging areas of expertise. These include mechanical and electrical engineering for product design and testing; 3-D digital fabrication; the Internet of things (IoT); software development; chat bots and cognitive computing; robotics; and IT project management.

This is your chance to Go Big. Go Bold. And develop products that enhance the quality of life, with the  Robert Bosch Tool Corporation!

GO BOSCH, AND EXPERIENCE BIG REWARDS.

Robert Bosch Tool Corporation offers the competitive compensation, career-development resources, and benefits you would expect of a world leader, including health, medical, and financial plans; work/life balance; and flexible work options.

GO BIG. GO BOLD. GO BOSCH.

Job Description

• Create and maintain operating instructional manuals, and other documentation.
• Collaborate with product safety engineers, product owners and managers.
• Designing, creating and revising safety warnings, setup and adjustment instructions, for external use
• Researching/learning products, features, processes, applications, industry concepts and technologies using our requirements and design specifications, hands-on product testing, interviews and related resources
• Must be willing to take ownership of the issue analysis and resolution efforts and committing to doing what it takes to resolve technical issues regardless of the effort or time frame required
• Participating in, comprehending and contributing to product requirement review meetings
• Guiding deliverables through content reviews, revisions, and approvals
• Adhering to all company standards, including product safety protocols, product manual creation processes and accurate time tracking

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical Writing, English, Journalism, or other writing-intensive program
• Minimum of 3 years of technical writing experience in consumer goods environment (power tools industry preferred) for product manuals/operating instructions
• Solid technical writing skills, including the ability to research and document functionality, protocols and processes
• Knowledge of product safety related technical writing
• Excellent writing, grammar, proofreading and editing skills and strong verbal communication skills
• Excellent organization skills, with the ability to maintain schedules and meet deadlines
• Personable with an ability to work well in a team environment
• Ability to interpret product specifications, applications and product usage into product safety required text
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to uncover errors with predefined business specifications
• Ability to work effectively with employees at all levels of the organization
• Self-starter with the discipline and ability to work under minimal supervision and keeping records of progress.
• Experience with Adobe InDesign and CAD preferred but not required

Additional Information

By choice, we are committed to a diverse workforce - EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled.

BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives

• FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
• AWIM (A World In Motion)

Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization is not available.