The Technical Writer will create, maintain, and standardize operational documentation for manufacturing processes through collaboration with engineers and technicians, ensuring compliance and clarity.
Diamond Foundry Inc. is solving the thermal limitation at the foundation of today's most exciting tech industries -- AI & cloud compute, electric-car power electronics, and 5G/6G wireless. We have managed to produce the world's first single-crystal diamond wafers and are now on a mission to put a diamond behind every chip. We are the rare unicorn that has grown fast and profitably. We received $515m in funding and are executing a multi-$B expansion plan for one of the greenest forms of tech manufacturing: converting greenhouse gas into diamond wafers using zero-emission energy.
Diamond Foundry is seeking a motivated and highly detail-oriented Technical Writer for a 6-month full-time contract to rapidly build, standardize, and maintain critical operational documentation for our advanced manufacturing facility. This role requires close collaboration with technical experts to capture complex maintenance and production processes, ensuring procedural clarity and compliance across all documentation. This role will be on-site at our Fremont location.
Responsibilities
- Generate Maintenance Procedures: Collaborate directly with Equipment Engineers and Maintenance Technicians to develop, author, and publish comprehensive, step-by-step preventative and corrective maintenance procedures for all specialized manufacturing tools.
- Establish Documentation Database: Architect and build a centralized, organized document control and repository base for all technical assets, including operational procedures, training guides, and engineering drawings.
- Create Spare Parts Documentation: Develop and integrate detailed Spare Parts Lists (SPLs) and Bills of Materials (BOMs) into maintenance documentation to facilitate efficient inventory management and reduce equipment downtime.
- Develop Training Documents: Produce foundational training documents and guides for technicians and operators covering the safe, effective operation and maintenance of advanced machinery.
- Standardize Production SOPs: Review and revise existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for production lines, ensuring they are standardized, compliant with safety protocols, and optimized for clarity and procedural consistency.
Qualifications
- Experience: 3+ years of proven professional experience as a Technical Writer, specifically documenting complex procedures in a semiconductor, manufacturing, or heavy industrial/engineering environment.
- SME Collaboration: Demonstrated success in working directly with technical Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), including engineers, scientists, and shop-floor technicians, to extract accurate procedural information.
- Document Control Proficiency: Strong expertise with documentation tools and experience managing technical files within a controlled document management system.
- Technical Aptitude: Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, schematics, and engineering specifications to accurately document equipment maintenance requirements.
- Project Management: Proven ability to manage a high volume of documentation tasks, prioritize deliverables, and execute project goals within a strict 6-month deadline.
Diamond Foundry believes in supporting our employees from the workplace to their personal and home life. We provide eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work. Perks include employee discounts to VRAI. Our benefits begin as early as your first day of employment. Medical and vision coverage are retroactive to your start date, while dental and voluntary benefits take effect once you’ve completed your enrollment.
Diamond Foundry is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.
Diamond Foundry Inc. is committed to operating in full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws. Our commitment extends to ensuring that our manufacturing and engineering departments adhere to the highest standards of legal and regulatory compliance. Additionally, these departments may have specific physical requirements to ensure the safety and efficiency of our operations. We prioritize the well-being of our employees and strive to create a work environment that promotes both legal compliance and the optimal functioning of our manufacturing and engineering processes.
Manufacturing and Engineering Departments Physical Requirements:
-Use appropriate PPE and follow all safety policies, practices, and procedures.
-This position will often: Sit, stand for long periods, walk, grasp, reach with hands and arms, lift below and above shoulders, bend, twist at the waist, climb, balance, stoop, squat, kneel, crawl, talk, hear, see, use fine finger manipulation, and complete repetitive motions.
-Some tasks may require the use of ladders or stairs
-Some tasks may require driving or the use of foot controls
-Lift/carry and push/pull up to 50 pound
This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment.
Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.
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