Rocscience is a global provider of engineering modelling, analysis, and design software across geotechnical, mining, structural, hydrogeology, and energy geomechanics applications.
Engineers and geoscientists rely on Rocscience’s category-leading platform to model scenarios, collaborate across disciplines, and make better decisions on safety-critical projects. Built-in AI capabilities automate routine workflows, so customers can focus on delivering designs that are technically rigorous and economically sound.
Founded in 1996, Rocscience is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with operations throughout the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
We're looking for a Technical Content Specialist to join our Toronto team. Working closely with our Documentation Lead and subject matter experts, you'll create and manage technical content across our suite of geotechnical engineering software, ensuring complex information is accurate, clear, consistent, and easy for our users to understand.
What You'll Do
You'll be responsible for creating, organizing, maintaining, and publishing technical documentation across Rocscience products and services. Responsibilities include:
- Writing and copy-editing documentation pages, tutorials, and verification/theory manuals.
- Using our content management system (CMS) to edit, update, and publish documentation content.
- Managing documentation requests through Azure DevOps.
- Editing and reviewing HTML content, including font styles, lists, links, and images.
- Ensuring all documentation content complies with WCAG and provincial accessibility guidelines (AODA).
- Ensuring all documentation content aligns with Rocscience's Branding Guidelines and Style Guide, and updating materials as our branding evolves.
- Creating, organizing, and maintaining digital media libraries of User Guide assets (figures, icons, tutorial images, PDF manuals, etc.).
- Collaborating with the Quality Assurance team and developers to ensure documentation content stays up-to-date and aligns with the latest software releases.
- Collaborating with subject matter experts, including geotechnical engineers, to ensure accuracy, clarity, and consistency in technical materials and communicate complex information clearly to our users.
- Taking screenshots of software for documentation figures and tutorial instructions, as well as creating simple thumbnail images.
- Working with UI/UX, Design, and Web Development teams to develop new content ideas and solutions for the company website.
Qualifications and Skills
- Exceptional English writing and editing skills.
- Basic to intermediate understanding of HTML.
- Experience working with a content management system such as WordPress or Craft.
- Experience writing and editing technical content in a professional capacity.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Good time management skills and the ability to coordinate competing priorities.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to solve problems and learn new software programs quickly.
- General understanding of SEO.
- General understanding of the software development process.
- Familiarity with Azure DevOps or other sprint management tools.
- Experience using style guides such as The Canadian Press Stylebook.
- Experience working in a field such as engineering, software development, or geomechanics is considered an asset.
- Experience using Adobe Creative Suite is an asset.
- Educational background in Communications, Journalism, Technical Writing, Digital Marketing, or another relevant field.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who is organized and proactive, with strong attention to detail and an ability to make complex technical information easy to understand. You'll be successful if you:
- Take initiative and naturally identify what needs to be done without waiting to be asked.
- Are incredibly organized and thrive when juggling multiple priorities.
- Notice details that others miss and enjoy solving problems before they arise.
- Build strong relationships with people from all backgrounds and levels of the organization.
- Communicate professionally and confidently.
- Enjoy collaborating with technical experts and turning complex information into clear, useful content.
Why You'll Love Working Here
- The opportunity to play a meaningful role in how customers learn about and use Rocscience's industry-leading software.
- Friendly, collaborative colleagues who genuinely enjoy working together.
- A brand-new office in downtown Toronto, just steps from King subway station.
- Our working schedule is Monday through Thursday in the office, with Fridays working from home.
- This is a full-time position.
- The base salary range for this position is $60,000-$70,000 per year, plus an annual bonus, three weeks of vacation, and health benefits.
Rocscience is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require accommodation during any stage of the recruitment or selection process, please let us know. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable human rights and accessibility legislation.
Rocscience may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the recruitment and selection process. All hiring decisions are made with human involvement.
If you're excited about creating clear, high-quality technical content that helps engineers get the most out of Rocscience software, we'd love to hear from you.
