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Technical Writer – Contract

Technical WriterTechnical WriterContractRemoteSeniorTeam 201-500Since 2016H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

23 days ago

Salary

$55 - $75 / hour

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishAssembly

Job Description

Technical Writer – Contract

Therabody

• Create and maintain documentation content including user manuals, quick-start guides, safety inserts, warning labels, packaging copy, and troubleshooting materials. • Author, revise, and maintain user manuals for all Therabody devices including but not limited to percussive therapy, heating and cooling, pneumatic compression, light therapy, and electrical stimulation devices. • Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and firmware engineering teams to ensure technical accuracy of all product documentation. • Collaborate with product management, marketing, and legal to ensure compliance and maintain brand standards. • Develop clear assembly, setup, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting instructions with supporting illustrations and diagrams. • Create structured templates to ensure consistency across the full product catalog. • Write and maintain unit warnings, caution statements, and safety notices in compliance with applicable regulatory standards (UL, IEC 62368-1, IEC 60601 where applicable, FDA Class I/II guidance). • Develop risk-communication language aligned with ISO 14971 risk management outputs. • Ensure all safety symbols, signal words, and hazard statements conform to ISO 7010, ANSI Z535, and regional market requirements. • Partner with Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance teams to incorporate compliance feedback into documentation revisions. • Support documentation review and approval workflows across engineering, regulatory, legal, and quality teams. • Prepare documentation for multi-language localization, working with internal translation partners to ensure accuracy and cultural appropriateness. • Maintain region-specific versions of manuals to address EU, UK, APAC, and other international regulatory requirements. • Manage documentation updates, version control, and change tracking across product generations, firmware releases, and regulatory revisions. • Maintain organized source documents, revision histories, and approval tracking across product releases and regional variants. • Deliver finalized, approval-ready copy documents to artwork and packaging teams for production layout and localization workflows. • Work closely with Design and Brand teams to ensure documentation aligns with Therabody’s premium aesthetic and tone of voice. • Participate in design reviews and product launch readiness milestones to ensure documentation is delivered on time.

Job Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional technical writing experience, with a portfolio demonstrating user manuals and safety documentation.
  • Direct experience with medical devices (Class I or II), consumer electronics, or wellness/fitness technology products.
  • Familiarity supporting documentation within regulated product environments, including FDA, IEC, UL, EU MDR, and/or CE marking requirements.
  • Familiarity with ISO 14971 (risk management), IEC 62366 (usability engineering), and ANSI Z535 / ISO 7010 safety symbology.
  • Proficiency in structured authoring tools (e.g., MadCap Flare, Adobe FrameMaker, Oxygen XML).
  • Experience with content management systems, version control, and single-source publishing workflows.
  • Exceptional written English with the ability to simplify highly technical concepts for consumer audiences.
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple product lines and deadlines simultaneously.
  • Preferred Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication, English or a related field.
  • STC (Society for Technical Communication) certification or equivalent professional credential.
  • Experience writing documentation for Bluetooth/app-connected hardware devices.
  • Previous experience in a contract or consulting capacity, working across multiple product launches simultaneously.

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