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
1. Develop, update, and maintain large-scale technical manuals (including clinical user guides up to 2,000+ pages).
2. Collect and align inputs from multiple sources: design teams, system engineers, requirement managers, testing teams, project managers, and existing documentation.
3. Analyze, restructure, or propose new information architecture when needed to ensure clarity and consistency across manuals.
4. Translate technical concepts into simplified, accessible documentation for non-native English-speaking users.
5. Contribute to both generic documentation and site-specific documentation for PT centers worldwide.
6. Ensure documentation compliance and support the team in handling deviations or non-conformities when required.
7. Promote best practices in terminology, consistency, reuse, and single-sourcing.
Skills and Qualifications
You have
8. Master’s degree in engineering or sciences (electro-mechanical, electronics, biomedical, physics, or equivalent).
9. Previous experience (at least 3 years) in technical writing.
10. Mastering a structured authoring language (DITA XML, S1000D, SGML…) is an asset.
11. Experience in documentation migration Projects.
12. Ability to understand technical systems (mechanical, electrical, hydraulic).
13. Comfortable reading engineering drawings, plans, and schematics.
14. Strong technical curiosity and no blocking points on technical content.
15. Fluent in English, French is an asset.
16. Ability to analyze, simplify, and vulgarize complex concepts.
And you are
17. Analytical mindset: able to understand, reorganize, and simplify.
18. Proactive: prepare your work upstream and anticipate missing information.
19. Problem-solving attitude & autonomy.
20. Excellent communication
What we offer
21. An open-ended contract
22. Attractive Benefits: Competitive package including company car, meal vouchers, group insurance, and more.
23. Internal Mobility: Benefit from diverse career development opportunities across departments and projects within a growing, global company.
Recruitment process
24. HR Interview - Luis de la Serna
25. Manager Interview - Amine El Hajjaji
26. Technical test