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Senior Engineering Technical Writer

🇺🇸 Novi, MI

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Other

🗓️ September 9th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

MathWorks is hiring a Senior Engineering Technical Writer. The role involves creating sophisticated online help content that teaches engineers and students to use MathWorks software to solve complex engineering problems and collaborating closely with customers and product teams to develop and improve documentation and tools.

Highlights
  • Develop clear, realistic examples and procedures for users of MATLAB and Simulink.
  • Engage with customers to understand their engineering challenges and document solutions.
  • Participate in the software development process by reviewing features and suggesting improvements.
  • Work with cross-functional global teams to enhance documentation and software design.
  • Minimum qualifications include a bachelor’s degree plus 6 years of experience or equivalent advanced degree and experience.
  • Preferred candidates hold degrees in engineering, science, mathematics, or similar technical fields.
  • Experience using Simulink and MATLAB is required.
  • Strong skills in explaining complex engineering or science concepts clearly.
  • Knowledge of programming languages and experience modeling engineered systems is beneficial.

Senior Engineering Technical Writer Full Description

Senior Engineering Technical Writer


Job Summary
Do you have a flair for writing and a talent for explaining complex concepts to technical audiences?

Would you like to develop sophisticated examples that teach others how to adopt Model-Based Design to transform their development process? 

MathWorks products are powerful software tools that enable engineers to graphically model and simulate complex systems on their computers. Engineers around the world use MATLAB and Simulink to develop and test complex engineered systems, including aircraft, spacecraft, hybrid-electric and electric vehicles, autonomous systems, and wireless systems.

You might be:
  • An experienced electrical, systems, or software engineer considering a career change
  • An experienced technical writer with a strong engineering or computer science background

Come join a team that writes sophisticated online help content that teaches engineers and students to use our software to solve their challenging engineering problems.

Responsibilities
At MathWorks, we take pride in our documentation and it is a fully-integrated part of our software. As an important member of a multidisciplinary team, you will:
  • Work with customer-facing groups and engage directly with customers to learn about the challenging, real-life engineering problems they use Simulink to solve.
  • Get hands-on with our software and build the knowledge you need to write interesting, realistic examples and procedures for our users.
  • Be an important part of our software development process. Review new features and suggest improvements. Help us design our state-of-the-art tools before we release them to customers.

Minimum Qualifications
  • A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or a PhD degree, or equivalent experience) is required.

Additional Qualifications
  • Bachelors or Masters in engineering, science, mathematics, or other technical area
  • Experience using Simulink and MATLAB
  • Proven ability to explain complex engineering or science concepts clearly
  • Ability to work collaboratively with a global cross-functional team 
  • Knowledge of a programming language
  • Experience modeling engineered systems