R&D Documentation Specialist II

rganize and deliver information, write, and revise content, for technical accuracy, consistency, and style. This role requires effective planning, scheduling, research, writing, and editing skills.

You will work closely with agile development teams to stay current on product updates, ensuring that all content is accurate, consistent, and aligns with our brand and technical standards.

Ansys is launching an innovative new solution for embedded systems, Scade One. Join us in pioneering a new era of model-based software development within our SMP unit. You will play an essential role in ensuring the successful adoption and impactful use of our tools, trusted across the industry to enhance the safety and security of complex systems-from cars to airplanes and beyond-in a rapidly evolving world.

This position is open to a junior documentation specialist, with 1 or 2 years of experience in a similar position.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Determines audience needs to create user documentation, tutorials, training materials, blogs and videos

• Updates and revises previously released documentation

• Attains a high level of knowledge about the software, documentation tools, processes, and publishing procedures

• Works closely with development teams and experts to implement technological requirements for Ansys documentation

• Builds coalitions and works effectively in fast-paced, dynamic team environments, contributing actively to the development of various contents for a user community

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• BS/MS in Technical Writing, Technical Communication, or English/Linguistics with 1 or 2 years of experience in technical writing

• Familiarity with the concepts of documentation authoring, common project management software, version control, structured documentation, user-centered design processes, agile development, as well as build tools

• Experience in determining the best method to present information and creating the appropriate outputs, such as topic-based help, videos, tutorials, blogs, graphics, and interactive learning systems

• Fluency in English, along with excellent written and spoken communication skills

• Some knowledge of French appreciated for teamwork

• Skilled at gathering and analyzing technical and product information from various sources, paying close attention to detail

• First experience in developing user-centric documentation in the software industry ensuring a high level of quality, consistency, and accuracy

• Familiarity with Oxygen tooling (XML Editor, XML WebHelp, Content Fusion) for DITA-structured documentation development

• Familiarity with Git environments (issues, PRs, branching, reviewing process) ideally with GitHub. Some experience working in a CI/CD environment is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Experienced with the development of pedagogical material for customer training or technical knowledge in software development tools and languages like C, C#, Python

Location

Sophia-Antipolis (Nice area), Paris (Montigny), or Toulouse

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: the commitments to our stakeholders, the behaviors of how we work together, and the actions of how we deliver results. Together as ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement.

Our Commitments:

• Amaze with innovative products and solutions

• Make our customers incredibly successful

• Act with integrity

• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values:

• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what's next

• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately

• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve

• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions:

• We commit to audacious goals

• We work seamlessly as a team

• We demonstrate mastery

• We deliver outstanding results

INCLUSION IS AT OUR CORE
We believe diverse thinking leads to better outcomes. We are committed to creating and nurturing a workplace that fuels this by welcoming people, no matter their background, identity, or experience, to a workplace where they are valued and where diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging thrive.

WELCOME WHAT'S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high - met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost.

At Ansys, it's about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It's about the "what's next" as much as the "mission accomplished." And it's about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics.

CREATING A PLACE WE'RE PROUD TO BE
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek's Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America's Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (Belgium, China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.).

For more information, please visit us at https://www.ansys.com

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

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