Technical Writer (Internship)

Location: Gorgonzola, Italy

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Gorgonzola hosts Navigations Air Systems (NAS) domain. The activity of NAS domain: avionics, navigation and radar systems for civil air traffic and technologies supporting the activities of civilian and military pilots, ATC controllers and technicians of several airlines, air traffic control agencies and Air Force around the world. Italy is the Group’s Competence center for the design, production and delivery of Navigation Aids products and Competence Centre for the delivery of non-Radar Surveillance Products.

JOB OBJECTIVE

In this role, the primary focus of the Technical Publication Writer is to help develop and write technical manuals, short descriptions, product data sheets, and other publications covering Navigation Aid & Non radar
Surveillance equipment. The core topics are installation, maintenance, operation, networking, and software use.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

As part of the Services Team, your main tasks will be to:

• Coordinate and organize technical information to produce high quality technical documentation that meets the company standards and user’s requirements (technical manuals, short descriptions, product data sheets, etc…).
• Describe complex processes and support them with charts, photographs, drawings, diagrams.
• Management of the Subcontractors involved in the Interactive Electronic Technical Publications editing (activities planning, assignment and control from a financial and technical perspective), in accordance with the applicable specifications and international standard.
• Work closely with various stakeholders and technical staff to collect and organize technical information for publication.
• Collaborate with other NAS Site Technical Publication Authors to coordinate standard versions vs. specific US versions publication and to maximize module adaptation.
• Coordinate with configuration management for release of these documents.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor or Master degree in electronic/aerospace/aeronautic engineer or bachelor in Foreign Languages .
• Good written and verbal communication skills to allow effective communication with both technical and non-technical teams
• Experience with Adobe Acrobat
• Italian & English fluency is required
• Knowledge of French or German is a benefit.

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