Principal Technical Writer

Title: Principal Technical Writer

Work mode:  Hybrid

Onsite Location(s): 

Arden Hills, MN, US, 55112

Additional Location(s): US-MN-Mankato/Rochester

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.       

About the role:

Boston Scientific was recognized as a Glassdoor Best Place to Work in 2026, ranking No. 15 on the Top 100 list, reflecting the culture our employees experience every day.

Lead the development, management and continuous improvement of technical documentation supporting end-user product releases and associated regulatory requirements for the Boston Scientific Cardiac Diagnostics, Inc. portfolio of hardware and software products. Create instructional and training materials and support the development and publication of high-quality technical documentation.

Work model, sponsorship, relocation:

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our Arden Hills, Minnesota office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Content strategy: Contribute to the definition of the architecture and structure of end-user documentation supporting the Boston Scientific Cardiac Diagnostics product portfolio.
• Complex writing: Synthesize complex technical, software and product information into clear, easily understood end-user content.
• Cross-functional leadership: Partner with product managers, engineers, designers and subject matter experts throughout the product lifecycle.
• Tools and process management: Promote best practices for structured authoring, content reuse, metadata management and version control.
• Regulatory and quality rigor and compliance: Ensure processes and deliverables adhere to applicable regulatory and quality guidelines and requirements.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in technical communication, English, computer science, journalism or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years' professional technical writing experience, particularly within specialized software, medical or regulated environments.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience supporting regulated medical device software and/or hardware development.
• Experience creating documentation for complex software systems, embedded software, firmware and hardware products.
• Demonstrated ability to ensure technical accuracy in documentation and end-user content.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with software development processes and software as a medical device (SaMD).
• Experience in the health care sector.
• Experience with MadCap Flare or a related single-source authoring tool, such as Adobe FrameMaker.
• Experience with Adobe InDesign.

Requisition ID: 634774

Minimum Salary: $85000 

Maximum Salary: $161500