Senior Technical Writer

Senior Technical Writer (P3) - Linux

Location:

Kanata, ON

Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability.

Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. The company’s software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world. Examples include playing a key role in NASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers.

We’ve achieved recent 5G milestones including the world’s first successful 5G data session with Verizon and building one of the largest Open RAN networks in the world with Vodafone.

The company has received industry recognition for its technology innovation and leadership, and for its workplace culture, including global Great Place to Work certification and being named a “Top Workplace” for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture where the lived experience is based on our cultural attributes of growth mindset, customer-focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software defined world.

As a Senior Technical Writer on our team, you will collaborate with software engineers, fellow writers, product managers, and documentation tools specialists to develop high-quality documentation that supports the adoption of Wind River’s enterprise Linux offerings.

Wind River Linux and eLxr are critical components of our Enterprise portfolio, enabling customers to build, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable, and high-performance Linux-based systems. These products require deep technical understanding to document effectively. This role requires a writer with strong, hands-on Linux expertise who can confidently work with complex system-level concepts and contribute at a technical depth comparable to engineering teams.

We are seeking a Senior Technical Writer who is not just experienced in documentation, but as a Linux subject matter expert within the documentation team, helping to elevate the overall quality and technical accuracy of our content.

Collaborate with Wind River engineers and product managers to create and maintain documentation for Wind River Linux and eLxr.

• Collaborate with engineers and product managers to document Wind River Linux and eLxr, translating complex Linux system functionality into clear, actionable guidance.
• Develop and maintain deeply technical, task-oriented documentation covering installation, configuration, customization, and troubleshooting of Linux-based systems.
• Work directly with Linux environments to validate procedures, reproduce workflows, and ensure accuracy of documentation.
• Author, structure, and maintain content in a DITA-based CCMS (e.g., Ixiasoft), ensuring modular, reusable, and consistent documentation.
• Author, structure, and maintain content in a Git repository using restructured text and Sphinx, ensuring consistency with existing documentation structure and formatting.
• Adapt and integrate open-source/Linux upstream content into Wind River documentation where appropriate.
• Align documentation with agile release cycles, ensuring readiness for product deliveries.
• Engage with SMEs, participate in technical reviews, and incorporate feedback from globally distributed teams.
• Act as a technical bridge between engineering and documentation, strengthening Linux capability across the writing team.
• Collaborate with globally distributed teams of engineers and writers to deliver consistent, high-quality documentation.

• Minimum 5 years of technical writing experience in software, systems, or infrastructure domains.
• Strong, hands-on Linux experience is mandatory (e.g., system administration, kernel concepts, package management, services, networking, troubleshooting).
• Proven ability…