• Technical Writer, R&D

    Stryker (Kalamazoo, MI)


    As the Technical Writer for Stryker's Instruments, you will assist in the timely development and completion of comprehensive repair instructions for a variety of products. Audience includes Stryker Repair, Field Service, and Customer Service Technicians and Biomedical Equipment Technicians in global markets. All documentation must comply with medical device requirements.

     

    This is a hybrid role, requiring candidates to be based in Michigan or Indiana with the ability to commute to the office as needed.

    What You Will Do

    + Develop internal facing product maintenance information according to user needs for domestic and international customers.

    + Interview and collect information from Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from Service, R&D, RA, various functional areas.

    + Write and edit Service Procedures, Maintenance Manuals, and other accompanying documents aligning content with associated product.

    + Create and incorporate graphical elements for instructional purposes and accurate interpretation, including international application.

    + Coordinate, review, and approve deliverables in an enterprise system software keeping documentation updated with respect to changes in deliverables.

    + Adhere to corporate, quality system, and regulatory requirements.

    + Understand medical device standards and regulations and incorporate in deliverables.

    + Develop internal training reference materials, including repair videos and training plans.

    + Create and update repair videos for a variety of products.

     

    What You Need

    Required

    + Bachelor’s Degree in technical writing, technical communication, journalism, business, engineering, or a related discipline

    Preferred

    + 1-2 years of relevant work experience

    + Technical writing experience

    + Regulated industry experience

    + Adobe Pro Suite experience (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Frame Maker)

    + XML authoring tools knowledge

     

    Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

     

    Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.