Senior Technical Writer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 1 Aug 2026

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

Job Specific Summary

This position will help drive and deliver technical documentation for global field and depot service employees, and hospital Bio-Med customers. This individual will be primarily focused on creating and delivering the service manuals and other technical instructions for a variety of products/technologies to give both employees and customers the technical information required to troubleshoot, repair, and maintain products in these businesses.

This position is based in Lafayette, CO and is required to be on-site when requested.

While currently defined as a remote position, this will become an on-site role when space on the Lafayette campus allows. Applicants must reside within the area prior to their first day of work in order to be considered.

Note:

This position is posted as remote, but required to be onsite at the Lafayette, CO campus as needed. Once space is available, this position will become onsite.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Plans, develops, writes, and edits detailed technical instructions for Service & Repair technicians
• Produces PDF and HTML/web-based publications using a variety of tools
• Conducts interviews with various users, subject matter experts and technical staff to gather data for documentation
• Researches and translates technical information into procedures and other information for highly technical and less technical audiences
• May document engineering processes and specifications
• Recommends formats responsive to technical and user requirements
• Produces products that conform to company documentation and quality assurance standards

Must Have:
Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 2 years of relevant experience

Nice to Have

• Previous experience in a technical writing function at Medtronic supporting Service and Repair or related function
• Experience working in a regulated environment, preferably in medical device
• Comfortable working with topic-based authoring in a content management system, specifically Mad Cap Flare
• Experience writing materials for Service & Repair for medical equipment
• Able to work in the Adobe Creative Suite applications and Adobe Frame Maker
• Expertise in Microsoft Office applications
• Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management systems such as Agile or Windchill
• Comfortable in a hybrid work environment, able to be in our Lafayette, CO facility as frequently as needed
• Able to work standard working hours

#LI-DNI

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager…