Professional Experience
Hitachi Energy India Ltd., Bengaluru
Technical Writer / Business R&D Experienced Professional (Dec 2023 – Present)
Responsibilities:
- Create, review, and maintain technical documentation, including user guides, configuration guides, online help systems, and release notes for enterprise software products.
- Collaborate with cross-functional Agile/Scrum teams, Product Managers, Developers, QA Engineers, and SMEs to document new features, product enhancements, and software releases.
- Manage documentation repositories using Git, Visual Studio Code, and Markdown.
- Develop and maintain online help systems and searchable knowledge bases to improve customer self-service and product adoption.
- Use AI-powered tools and automation solutions to streamline content creation, document reviews, and release documentation processes.
- Perform technical, editorial, and quality reviews to ensure documentation accuracy, completeness, and compliance with organizational standards.
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives, documentation best practices, and knowledge-sharing activities across global teams.
- Mentor team members and provide guidance on documentation standards, tools, and best practices.
Tools used:
MadCap Flare, Git, VS Code, Azure DevOps, JIRA, Markdown
MSC Software, Pune (Acquired by Hexagon MI)
Information Design & Development (May 2022 – Dec 2023)
Responsibilities:
- Understanding technical concepts and analyzing complex source material and various types of manuals.
- Writing and creating simple, concise, accurate, and user-friendly documents in an Agile environment.
- Creating, developing, and maintaining online help.
- Communicating and coordinating with various stakeholders: Developers, QA professionals, Support engineers, and Project Managers to ensure successful product delivery.
- Tracking and resolving documentation bugs using Jira.
- Migrating content from an old system to new authoring tools implemented by organization.
- Actively participate in projects/initiatives outside the scope of regular tasks.
Tools used:
Adobe FrameMaker, Paligo, MadCap Flare, Adobe Acrobat, JIRA
Rieter India Pvt. Ltd. Pune
Technical Illustrator (Nov 2018 – April 2022)
Responsibilities:
- Creating illustrations and drawings for Spare part catalog and Operating manuals with the help of IsoDraw, Adobe Illustrator and XVL Studio and reviewing the same created by other illustrators.
- Analyzing the technical documents, drawings & Bill of Materials to decide what should be incorporated in Spare parts catalog.
- Collaborate with Product & Service managers (SMEs) and review source material to create and update technical documents, operating manuals with the help of SCHEMA ST4.
- Creating structured & standardized text with HTML and XML DITA based CMS.
- Collaborate with the Product Development, Sales & Service department to validate the Technical Documents.
Tools used:
IsoDraw, Adobe Illustrator, XVL Studio, Schema ST4, SAP
Armstrong Machine Builders Pvt. Ltd. Pune
Project Design Engineer (Oct 2014 – Dec 2017)
Responsibilities:
- Preparation of detailed DAP drawings, Layout drawings and co-ordination with Sales Engineers & customers/vendors for technical clarifications.
- Perform design & power calculations and selection of parts to validate the design.
- Designing & modifying the machines.
- Preparation of manufacturing drawings by applying the GD&T & Bill of material.
- Preparation of Installation drawings & support to installation team, service team.
Tools used:
Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD, SolidWorks