Technical Writer

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients. 

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work. 

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission. 

Your Role at Baxter

This is where your work saves lives

Our colleagues within our R&D organization desire to work on products that make a meaningful difference in others' lives. We are motivated by the power of teamwork and are natural leaders who are skilled at influencing others.

What you'll be doing

• With close supervision, edit, format and proofread operational and instructional documentation for medical devices to support the end-users of company products. Ensures that documents conform to existing department style guidelines and quality assurance standards 

• Collaborates with sustaining engineering to revise existing documents that support product changes. 

• May occasionally create and develop new instructional documents to support larger product changes. 

• Collaborates with other technical writers to review documents for grammar, style guideline adherence, and content updates 

• Collaborates with other technical writers and cross-functionally to research and prepare documentation plans for each assigned project.  Works with Sustaining Engineering for inputs to the Change Design Plan and Report (CDP&R) 

• Assists in providing accurate schedule estimates and manages the development and production of documents 

• Conducts interviews with technical staff and other functional groups to gather information for projects, while managing the revision, review and final work on technical documentation. 

• Provides inputs required by department illustrators to create illustrations and artwork for final documents 

• With close supervision, works with translation vendors to obtain translation and schedule estimates 

• Other duties as assigned to support business activities and project timelines and manage workload across team 

What you'll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication/Professional Writing or related field of study desired or applicable experience 

• 0-3 years of experience in technical writing and documentation  

• Proven writing and editing skills, with excellent attention to detail 

• Ability to refine written content to be clear, concise and user-friendly 

• Proven ability to work under deadlines, while effectively managing time for other projects  

• Emerging skills with common desktop publishing tools, e.g. FrameMaker, InDesign, Oxygen XML 

• Emerging skills and knowledge of technical documentation practices,