Mainspring Energy
Manager, Technical Writing Team
Menlo Park, CA · Senior
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About the role
- The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities.
- You won't be tethered to a desk; you'll be on the floor, working directly with our hardware and engineering teams.
- You will be a player-coach: driving high-level documentation strategy, overseeing the creation of digital technical visuals (CAD, schematics, process flows), and mentoring a team of writers.
Responsibilities
- Team Leadership & Mentorship: Lead a high-performing team of technical writers. Foster a culture of excellence, natural curiosity, and "hands-on" technical engagement. Manage workloads, set priorities, and provide professional development for the team
- Documentation Strategy & Governance: Establish and maintain global standards for technical documentation styles, tools, processes, and systems for company-wide documentation management and revision control.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Field Service to ensure documentation is deeply integrated with hardware development and operational workflows. Act as the bridge between technical experts and end-users
- Communication & Influence: Exceptional writing and interpersonal skills. Ability to influence stakeholders and build buy-in for documentation standards across a rapidly scaling organization
- Team Leadership & Mentorship: Lead a high-performing team of technical writers.
- Manage workloads, set priorities, and provide professional development for the team
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Field Service to ensure documentation is deeply integrated with hardware development and operational workflows.
- Ability to influence stakeholders and build buy-in for documentation standards across a rapidly scaling organization
- At Mainspring, technical documentation isn't just a support function-it's the backbone of our operations.
- This role offers the unique opportunity to lead and evolve our established documentation systems while staying deeply connected to the 'hands-on' reality of building the grid of the future.
Requirements
- Technical Mastery: Proven ability to distill complex mechanical and electrical systems into unambiguous documentation.
- Strong proficiency in CAD software and visual documentation tools
- Hands-On Mindset: You enjoy working in-person in a "hands-on" shop environment.
- You have excellent mechanical intuition and aren't afraid to pick up a tool to better understand a process
- 7+ years of experience in technical writing within an engineering or manufacturing environment, with at least 2+ years in a leadership or management role
- Bachelor's degree in Technical Communication, English, Engineering, or a related field
- As Mainspring scales, our technical documentation must be as innovative and reliable as our energy technology.
Skills
- Foster a culture of excellence, natural curiosity, and "hands-on" technical engagement.
- Documentation Strategy & Governance:
- Ensure consistency across all manuals, assembly instructions, and digital databases
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Act as the bridge between technical experts and end-users
- Visual Content Oversight:
- Ensure the team has the necessary tools and training in software like Enovia PLM and Solidworks Composer
- Hands-on Content Development:
- Act as a player-coach by actively contributing to the creation of high-priority technical documentation.
- You will balance management duties with direct involvement in complex documentation tasks to ensure we meet critical project milestones
Compensation
- This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.
- We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer.
Benefits
- Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in Technical Communication, English, Engineering, or a related field
- Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to
Equal opportunity
- In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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