Sr. Technical Writer, Mission Autonomy
Core
Create and maintain user-facing documentation for Anduril's Mission Autonomy software, enabling operators and integrators to configure, operate, and understand autonomous combat aircraft systems.
Role type
Senior Technical Writer (Defense Autonomy)
Builds
User guides, API references, architecture documents, and S1000D deliverables for collaborative combat aircraft autonomy stacks.
Domain
Defense technology, autonomous systems, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion.
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Technical writing, documentation strategy, stakeholder management, API documentation, S1000D authoring, docs-as-code pipelines, tooling development, release management, risk assessment.
Preferred skills
Experience with defense reference architectures, autonomous system behavior documentation, software tool procurement, process scaling.
Technologies
S1000D, RapidAuthor, docs-as-code pipelines, static site generators, CI/CD deployment tools, protobuf, schema definitions.
Responsibilities
Generate and edit user-focused documentation for mission planning, execution, and debrief; document autonomy behaviors and operating modes; own interface and message reference documentation; produce developer and integrator reference material; build documentation infrastructure and tooling; manage documentation intake and triage; evaluate and prioritize documentation tasks.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic oversight.
