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Nov: 54 (Permanent), 8 (Contract), 4 (Permanent/Contract) and 0 (Freelance)

Dec: 56 (Permanent), 6 (Contract), 4 (Permanent/Contract) and 0 (Freelance)

Company

SAP Labs India

Location

Bangalore

Pre-requisites

  • A degree in Technical Writing, Humanities, IT or Science.
  • Understanding principles and theories applicable to task.
  • Knowledge of MS Word and PowerPoint.

Number & Type

One, Contract for 3-6 months and One-Permanent for more than a year

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Creating System Guides and SAP Library Online Help, where the target end-users are the SAP Consultants.
  • Work closely with the development and QA teams.

Contact

nidhi_luharuwalla@yahoo.com

Company

Invensys

Location

Hyderabad

Pre-requisites

More than two years of experience in technical writing. The candidate primarily should be a B.E. / B.Tech/ MA/ MCA.

Number & Type

One, Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Close interaction with the development team and will be entrusted to handle technical documentation for all FOXBRO products.
  • Knowledge of Robohelp, FrameMaker and MS Word.

Contact

smile4manasi@gmail.com

Company

BMC Software

Location

Pune

Pre-requisites

  • More than four years of experience in technical writing.
  • Fluent written skills in American English.
  • Hands-on experience with FrameMaker, MS Word and Web Works Publisher.
  • Exposure to Acrobat Writer, Acrobat Distiller and screen capture tools (desirable).

Number

One, Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Interview Subject Matter Experts on product specification and interim versions of software.
  • Documenting accurate and well-organized online and print documentation for users.
  • Write Guidelines/procedures and quality standards of the company.
  • Peer review of documentation.

Contact

ambika_prashant@bmc.com

Company

Cadence Design Systems

Location

Noida

Pre-requisites

  • Preferably a degree in Electronics or Electrical engineering though a degree in English would also do.
  • Has worked with UNIX (Basic commands) and has an understanding of EDA tools.
  • Knowledge of Japanese language is a must.
  • Capability to lead a team of 2-3 writers.
  • Training the writers in technical writing will be an added advantage.

Number

One, Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Documenting solutions and applications.
  • Working in a distributed development environment and driving the processes.

Contact

poojab@cadence.com

Company

TCS

Location

Bangalore

Pre-requisites

  • More than two years of experience in technical writing with a first class degree in Science.
  • Hands-on experience with FrameMaker, MS Word and Adobe Acrobat.
  • Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and AutoCAD would be a plus.

Number

One-Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

Writing and reviewing CBT/WBT/ILT based e-learning courses.

Contact

mishra_debalina@yahoo.co.in

Company

Sun Microsystems

Location

Bangalore

Pre-requisites

  • More than two years of experience in technical writing.
  • Has worked with multiple operating systems like UNIX, Windows and MAC.
  • Experience with Web design issues like Color Mapping, Typography etc.

Number & Type

One, Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Develop technical documentation for Java SE products. It may include System Administrator Guides, Reference Manuals, Release Notes, Deployment Guides, Programmer Manuals and so on.
  • Independent worker collaborating with development teams, quality analysts etc to analyze and prioritize documentation.

Contact

twresumes@sun.com

Company

Sungard

Location

Pune

Pre-requisites

  • Familiarity with Programming languages of Java and J2EE as well as RDBMS.
  • More than 3 years of technical documentation experience and has some experience working in Financial products. 
  • Should have a good understanding of Usability principles.
  • Knowledge of Cobol will be an added advantage

Number

One-Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Developing various Technical manuals, Online help and Web based tutorials.
  • Review Specification Documents, UI Strings and Readme Files.

Contact

syed@ascindia.com or syed.jilani@sungard.com

Company

HCL Technologies

Location

Chennai

Pre-requisites

Trainee Technical Writers (training for four months) and than based on the performance would be made permanent.

Number

Ten

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Creating technical documentation in the areas of Networking, Semiconductor, Telecom and Aerospace.
  • Creating different technical documents for System Administrators, Maintenance Engineers and System Integration Engineers.
  • Working closely with the Development and QA teams.

Contact

techcomm_careers@npd.hcltech.com

Company

Wipro Technologies

Location

Hyderabad

Pre-requisites

  • More than 3 years of experience in writing technical documentation.
  • Proficient in adobe FrameMaker, Robohelp or WebWorks.
  • Exposure to Photoshop, Paintshop Pro and Clearcare.

 

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Organize and document embedded related softwares.
  • Do peer review of documentation.

Contact

malathi.hariharan@wipro.com

Company

Agilent Technologies

Location

Gurgaon

Pre-requisites

  • 3-5 years of experience in software documentation.
  • Experience on working with FrameMaker, Robohelp or WebWorks publisher.
  • Excellent team player; ability to work with remote management.

Number

One- Contract for 1 year

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Creating product manuals like Admin Guides, User Guides, Installation Guides, Readme Guides and develop Online Help systems.
  • Work closely with the development and QA teams.

Contact

vivekscjp2@yahoo.co.in

Company

Flextronics Software Systems

Location

Gurgaon

Pre-requisites

  • 2-3 years of experience in software documentation.

  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Robohelp, Adobe Pagemaker, Adobe Acrobat and HTML are desired.

Number & Type

Two, Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

Create Developers’ Manuals, System Guides, Admin Guides, and so on.

Contact

rajendra.thakur@flextronicssoftware.com

Company

Symantec India (formerly VERITAS)

Location

Pune

Pre-requisites

2 years of experience in curriculum development and technical documentation.

Candidates with prior experience in Technical Support are given preference.

Knowledge in setting up, administering and troubleshooting Windows 9x /NT/2000/XP/2003 operating systems, managing network technologies (TCP/IP, IP addressing and subnetting, DNS)

Number

Three for the position of curriculum developers

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Designing and developing blended learning solutions for Symantec’s products.
  • Writing Pearl and VB Scripts that simulate failures in products.

Contact

dl-spt-pun-srt-jobs@veritas.com

Company

SAS Global Services Pvt.Ltd

Location

Bangalore

Pre-requisites

  • A bachelor’s degree in Science or any technical related stream.
  • More than 5 years of experience in technical documentation with some experience in Programming.
  • Knowledge of operation systems such as Windows and Unix.
  • Knowledge of VB Script and Excel Macros will be an added advantage.

Number & Type

Two, Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Document management system development or support and providing scalable solutions for document management.
  • Documentation of knowledge Management.

Contact

www.sas.com

Company

Aztec Software

Location

Bangalore, Preferably on a Contract basis

Pre-requisites

  • More than 2 years of experience in writing software  documentation.
  • Experience in working with Microsoft Word.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Supervise and participate in the research, development, editing, and writing effort to ensure the technical accuracy and usability of the documentation.
  • Create and manage formal documentation schedules, documentation plans, and specifications for documentation project teams.
  • Coordination and monitoring the review cycles.

Contact

srajesh@aztec.soft.net

Company

ZILOG India Pvt. Ltd

Location

Bangalore

Pre-requisites

  • 4-8 years of experience in software documentation.
  • Comparatively from Science background with experience in tools ala FrameMaker, Robohelp and Adobe Acrobat.

Number

One-Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Create all customer ready documentation that may include Quick Start Guide, Reference Guide, Product Briefs, Release Notes, Application Notes, Release Notes and develop Online Help.
  • Work closely with the Development and QA teams.

Contact

jrajeev@zilog.com

Company

Hewlett Packard

Location

Bangalore

Pre-requisites

  • Graduation in Science or Engineering stream is preferred though any other degree holders could apply for the same.
  • More than two years of experience in technical documentation
  • Expertise in FrameMaker, MS Office, HTML and image editing tools

Number

Two- Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Creating product manuals such as System Admin Guide, User Guide, Installation Guide, Readme etc and develop Online Help systems, and other product documentation.
  • Co-ordinate with the development and QA teams.

Contact

gururajb@india.hp.com

Company

Teknokraaft Infosystems

Location

Trivandrum

Pre-requisites

  • 2 years of experience in writing software documentation.
  • Experience writing Users’ and Programmers’ Guide.
  • Ability to translate engineering data

Number

One

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Document Technical Manuals.
  • Collaborate with the team in Australia to write, edit and review the manuals.

Contact

alex@teknokraaft.com

Company

Kenati Technologies

Location

Pune

Pre-requisites

  • Ability to gain an understanding of assigned products through training and self-study.
  • Experience in using Robohelp and MS Office.

Number

Five-Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Creating product manuals such as Linux’ System Admin Guide, User Guide, Installation Guide, Readme etc and develop Online Help systems.
  • Interact closely with the development and QA teams.

Contact

ankur@kenati.com

Company

TIBCO

Location

Pune

Pre-requisites

  • More than 3 years of technical writing experience
  • Hands-on experience with Robohelp and FrameMaker.
  • Should be able to work independently on a wide range of domains.

Number

One-Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Write manuals for various TIBCO products
  • Collaborate with developers and Quality people and write quality documentation.

Contact

hlahori@tibco.com

Company

Synopsys

Location

Bangalore

Pre-requisites

  • Bachelors in any discipline can apply if they have atleast 2 years of experience in technical documentation, while Masters candidates are eligible to apply if they do not have a prior experience also.
  • Working in MS Word, Adobe Acrobat, SGML and FrameMaker.
  • Experience using templates for document development and delivery.

Number

Two, Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Creating Operational, Maintenance and Test Procedure Manuals for Electronic Design Automation Softwares (EDA).
  • Work closely with the development and QA teams.

Contact

swaroopa@synopsys.com

Contributed by: Rajdeep Gupta (Xora Software Systems)


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