Location: Nashua, NH
Work Arrangement: Hybrid 

Role Overview

Join our team as a Technical Writer focused on creating clear, accurate, and user-friendly documentation for election technology products. In this role, you’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to support product releases, certification efforts, and customer success while helping ensure secure and reliable election operations. You’ll also provide occasional remote or on-site support during Election Day activities.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Documentation & Content Development

  • Create and maintain technical documentation that guides election officials and voters in using our products while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements
  • Identify documentation impacts resulting from product changes and drive appropriate content updates through collaboration with subject matter experts and hands-on work with ClearVote equipment
  • Develop clear, accurate, and user-focused documentation for both internal and external audiences
  • Integrate screen captures, diagrams, and visual aids into documentation to improve usability and understanding

Collaboration & Process Improvement

  • Collaborate with Engineering, Design, Training, and Services teams to ensure consistency across technical materials and product documentation
  • Understand and support the role documentation plays in state and federal voting system certification processes
  • Recommend and implement improvements to documentation processes, workflows, and tools to increase team efficiency
  • Manage multiple documentation projects and product releases while meeting tight deadlines

Customer Support & Election Operations

  • Provide on-site or remote support to jurisdictions on Election Day to help ensure smooth system operation
  • Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to audiences with varying levels of technical expertise
  • Support customers and internal teams by delivering accurate, timely, and effective technical information

Desired Skills & Experience

  • 5+ years of experience writing and editing technical documentation
  • Experience creating topic-based documentation within a modern component content management system using technologies such as HTML, CSS, and XML; experience with MadCap Flare preferred
  • Experience integrating screenshots, graphics, and illustrations into documentation using tools such as SnagIt and Inkscape
  • Proficiency with modern source control systems, preferably Git
  • Experience managing documentation across multiple product releases in fast-paced environments
  • Strong collaboration, communication, and organizational skills
  • Detail-oriented with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and effectively

You Should Join Us If

  • You enjoy learning new domains and translating complex concepts into clear, accessible documentation for diverse audiences
  • You’re excited by the opportunity to support election operations and work directly with customers during critical moments
  • You thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy working cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teams
  • You can work from the Nashua office at least twice per week on average

If you are interested in applying to this position, please email your resume to careers@clearballot.com with the position title in the subject line.