Engineering Technical Writer - Simulink Simulation
MathWorks
Engineering Technical Writer - Simulink Simulation
- Job: 36397-RKUL
- Team: Technical Writing
- Location: US-MA-Natick
- Salary Range: $105,900 - $164,100
- Date posted: 2025-10-09
Job Summary
Do you have a flair for writing and a talent for explaining complex concepts to technical audiences?
Would you like to teach others how to use Simulink software to solve challenging engineering problems in diverse industries such as aerospace, automotive, and communications?
Simulink is powerful software that enables engineers to graphically model and simulate complex systems on their computers. Engineers around the world use Simulink to get their ideas off the ground, including developing safety-critical control systems and reducing fuel emissions. Simulink add-on products have specialized components for aerospace, communications, control logic, signal processing, video and image processing, and many other applications.
You might be:
- A recent graduate in engineering or computer science with a keen interest in technical communication
- An experienced electrical, systems, or software engineer considering a career change
- An experienced technical writer with a strong engineering or computer science background
Come join a team that writes sophisticated online help content that teaches engineers and students to use our software to solve challenging engineering problems.
Responsibilities
At MathWorks, we take pride in our documentation and it is a fully-integrated part of our software. As an important member of a multidisciplinary team, you will:
- Write user-focused content that explains how to use tools to design, model, and simulate engineering systems.
- Work with customers and customer facing groups to identify use cases, workflows, user tasks, and information needs.
- Get hands-on with our software and build the knowledge you need to write interesting, realistic tutorials, examples, and procedures for our users.
- Be an important part of our software development process. Review new features and suggest improvements. Help us design our state-of-the-art tools before we release them to customers.
Minimum Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or a PhD degree, or equivalent experience) is required.
Additional Qualifications
- Bachelors or Masters in engineering, science, mathematics, or other technical area
- Proven ability to explain complex engineering or science concepts clearly
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional development, quality, and UX teams
- Experience using Simulink or MATLAB
- Experience with simulation vizualization tools
- Knowledge of a programming language
Why MathWorks?
It's the chance to collaborate with bright, passionate people. It's the opportunity to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and learning in engineering and science. And it’s a commitment to doing the right thing—for each individual, our customers, and the local community. We cultivate an enjoyable, participatory, and rational environment that champions individual growth, encourages initiative, values collaboration, shares success, and rewards excellence.
MathWorks develops MATLAB and Simulink, the leading technical computing software used by engineers and scientists. The company employs more than 6,500 people in 16 countries, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. MathWorks is privately held and has been profitable every year since its founding in 1984.
YOU + MathWorks = Unlimited Possibilities
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