IPD Technical Writer

Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · USD 129,000-171,000 · 5+ years experience · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026

At a glance

As an IPD Technical Writer, your mission is to partner with our numerous product and operations teams to deliver accurate, updated, and easy-to-understand documentation on how to use Anduril products.
You will do whatever it takes to organize our engineering and program delivery functions in this mission, working closely with engineers, operations, and various subject matter experts to understand products, identify user workflows, and use documentation to close the gap.

Create, revise, and maintain IPD, WDM and ICA documents for aircraft interior products.
Develop illustrations and technical graphics to support documentation.
Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, Bills of Material (BOM), and change orders to extract and organize component data.
Convert complex 3D CAD models or 2D engineering sketches into 2D line art, exploded views, and schematics.
Ensure proper sequencing of assemblies, list line-replaceable units, and update suitable interchangeable or substitute part numbers.
Partner with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to verify the accuracy of the parts data.
Author and maintain manuals in compliance with S1000D.
Generate, review, and edit documentation that is user-focused, working with engineering and operations to deliver task, conditions, standard-centric documentation.
Evaluate and prioritize tasks required to successfully support product documentation efforts and keep them on track.
Manage multiple projects under tight deadlines while communicating and helping manage expectations.

5+ years of demonstrated excellence generating IPD technical documentation
Experience writing technical user-facing documentation
Experience reading and interpreting engineering documentation
Experience building content in a variety of formats (3D CAD: PTC Iso Draw SolidWorks or AutoCAD, Etc.)
Must be eligible for Secret and higher security clearance (US)

Military exposure and experience, particularly with military technical documentation writing and formatting standards, guidelines, and verbiage (MIL-STD-40051, S1000D, Etc.)
Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with emphasis on technical subjects
Passion for excellent documentation and user experience
Previous experience creating technical documentation in Aerospace and Defense (for DoD)
Experience delivering content on fast-paced, complex projects with multiple stakeholders

Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees
Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full time offers