Technical Writer II
Austin, TXJobSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.
Watch jobs like this. New roles like this one near Austin, TX, by email.
Don't just apply. Show up ready.
Olive works from this exact posting.
At a glance
Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.
Job overview
The Technical Writer II writes and maintains user guides, maintenance manuals, and troubleshooting materials for system operations and data analysis. The role also produces client-level documentation and source material for Navy training, prepares test-event and performance reports, and participates in sonar component testing, verification, peer editing, and publishing.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Full job description
Write and maintain HTML and PDF user guides, maintenance manuals, and troubleshooting materials to support system operations and data analysis.Compile and publish client-level documentation, such as support plans, employment guides, and system description documents.Develop source material in support of Navy training needs.Prepare reports of test event details and performance results.Participate in the testing and verification of sonar components as neededboth in an office and in fielded locationsand prepare reports of results.Participate in peer editing and publishing processes.May capture and edit still photos and video artifacts?
How this job compares
Set against the 824 open Technical Writer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$64–106K/yr21 salary ranges
- US median$36–41/hr131 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 56 open Technical Writer jobs in Texas and 824 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (this employer)8 open
- Saronic Technologies7 open
- L3Harris4 open
- Experience
- Technical Writer postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (571 postings).
- Education
- 258 of the 824 open Technical Writer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
Similar jobs, posted recently
Open roles like this one, listed in the last 30 days.
- Technical Writer/Editor IUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · Austin, TX
Technical Writer (Remote Opportunity)VetsEZ · Remote · USPosted 1w agoPosted 1w ago- Technical Writing AssistantUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · Austin, TX
- UTeach Institute Technical Writer/Editor IIIUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · Austin, TX
- UTeach Institute Writer/Editor IIIUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · Austin, TX
You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.