Senior R&d Documentation Specialist F/m

**Requisition #**: 13572

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys.

Take a leap of certaintywith Ansys.

**Summary / Role Purpose**

**Key Duties and Responsibilities**
- Determines audience needs to create user documentation, tutorials, training material, 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.
- Requires mínimal supervision

**Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience**
- For a documentation specialist profile, BS/MS in Technical Writing, Technical Communication, or English/Linguistics with 5 years’ 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 determining the best method in which to present information and then creating the appropriate output(s), such as topic-based help, videos, tutorials, graphics, and interactive learning systems
- Fluency in English, along with excellent written and spoken communication skills
- Some knowledge of French appreciated for team work
- Skilled at gathering and analyzing technical and product information from various sources, paying close attention to detail
- Proven experience developing user-centric documentation in the software industry ensuring a high level of quality, consistency, and accuracy
- Proficiency (documentation specialist profile) or readiness to get intensively trained (engineer’s profile) on oXygen tooling (XML Editor, XML WebHelp, Content Fusion) for DITA-structured or 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**
- Experience with FrameMaker (structured or unstructured), PDF publication, as well as MathML or LaTex editing is a plus.
- Experience with Docs-as-code model, with some experience writing in Markdown and tools such as Sphinx
- Experienced with the development of pedagogical material for customer training or technical knowledge in software development tools and languages like C, C#, Python
- Familiarity with Modeling Languages such as UML or SysML

**Location**
Sophia-Antipolis (Nice area), Paris (Montigny), Lille, Toulouse, or Lyon

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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 in the knowledge that every day is an opportunity to observe, teach, inspire, and be inspired. **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

**OUR ONE ANSYS CULTURE HAS INCLUSION AT ITS 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.

**TAKE A LEAP OF CERTAINTY 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