IBA

Technical Writer – Proton Therapy – IBA – Groningen

Jobid=619204074737770180 (0.0995)

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

  • Develop, update, and maintain large-scale technical manuals (including clinical user guides up to 2,000+ pages).
  • Collect and align inputs from multiple sources: design teams, system engineers, requirement managers, testing teams, project managers, and existing documentation.
  • Analyze, restructure, or propose new information architecture when needed to ensure clarity and consistency across manuals.
  • Translate technical concepts into simplified, accessible documentation for non-native English-speaking users.
  • Contribute to both generic documentation and site-specific documentation for PT centers worldwide.
  • Ensure documentation compliance and support the team in handling deviations or non-conformities when required.
  • Promote best practices in terminology, consistency, reuse, and single-sourcing.
  • Skills and Qualifications

    You have

  • Master’s degree in engineering or sciences (electro-mechanical, electronics, biomedical, physics, or equivalent).
  • Previous experience (at least 3 years) in technical writing.
  • Mastering a structured authoring language (DITA XML, S1000D, SGML…) is an asset.
  • Experience in documentation migration Projects.
  • Ability to understand technical systems (mechanical, electrical, hydraulic).
  • Comfortable reading engineering drawings, plans, and schematics.
  • Strong technical curiosity and no blocking points on technical content.
  • Fluent in English, French is an asset. 
  • Ability to analyze, simplify, and vulgarize complex concepts.
  • And you are

  • Analytical mindset: able to understand, reorganize, and simplify.
  • Proactive: prepare your work upstream and anticipate missing information.
  • Problem-solving attitude & autonomy.
  • Excellent communication
  • What we offer

  • An open-ended contract
  • Attractive Benefits: Competitive package including company car, meal vouchers, group insurance, and more. 
  • Internal Mobility: Benefit from diverse career development opportunities across departments and projects within a growing, global company. 
  • Recruitment process

  • HR Interview – Luis de la Serna
  • Manager Interview – Amine El Hajjaji
  • Technical test 
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