Technical Writer

Mission

As a Technical Writer, you will join the Documentation Team at our Belgian headquarters in Louvain-la-Neuve.

You will be responsible for creating, structuring, and maintaining high-quality technical documentation related primarily to Proton Therapy (clinical user manuals, system descriptions, installation procedures, accelerator guides, and site-specific documentation).

You will act as the bridge between engineering experts and clinical end-users (physicists, therapists), converting complex technical inputs into clear, readable, and structured manuals in simplified technical english.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, update, and maintain large-scale technical manuals (including clinical user guides up to 2,000+ pages).
• Collect and align inputs from multiple sources: design teams, system engineers, requirement managers, testing teams, project managers, and existing documentation.
• Analyze, restructure, or propose new information architecture when needed to ensure clarity and consistency across manuals.
• Translate technical concepts into simplified, accessible documentation for non-native English-speaking users.
• Contribute to both generic documentation and site-specific documentation for PT centers worldwide.
• Ensure documentation compliance and support the team in handling deviations or non-conformities when required.
• Promote best practices in terminology, consistency, reuse, and single-sourcing.

Skills and Qualifications

You have

• Master’s degree in engineering or sciences (electro-mechanical, electronics, biomedical, physics, or equivalent).
• Previous experience (at least 3 years) in technical writing.
• Mastering a structured authoring language (DITA XML, S1000D, SGML…) is an asset.
• Experience in documentation migration Projects.
• Ability to understand technical systems (mechanical, electrical, hydraulic).
• Comfortable reading engineering drawings, plans, and schematics.
• Strong technical curiosity and no blocking points on technical content.
• Fluent in English, French is an asset.
• Ability to analyze, simplify, and vulgarize complex concepts.

And you are

• Analytical mindset: able to understand, reorganize, and simplify.
• Proactive: prepare your work upstream and anticipate missing information.
• Problem-solving attitude & autonomy.
• Excellent communication

What we offer

• An open-ended contract
• Attractive Benefits: Competitive package including company car, meal vouchers, group insurance, and more.
• Internal Mobility: Benefit from diverse career development opportunities across departments and projects within a growing, global company.

Recruitment process

• HR Interview - Luis de la Serna
• Manager Interview - Amine El Hajjaji
• Technical test