Senior Technical Documentation Writer

What MatX Is Building

MatX is on a mission to make the world’s best AI models run as efficiently as possible—accelerating global progress in AI quality and accessibility. We are building cutting-edge AI infrastructure at the intersection of hardware and software, and our team is growing quickly.

We are seeking a Senior Technical Documentation Writer with experience in technical documentation and a strong understanding of the hardware and/or AI landscape. 

This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment, partners effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, and brings both rigor and empathy to technical documentation. You will have a direct impact on company success and will help shape all aspects of Technical Documentation as MatX continues to scale.

What You’ll Do Here

• Lead Technical Documentation for the software, hardware, and systems teams
• Work with hardware and software technical leads to generate documentation, both for internal use as well as external-facing customer documentation
• This includes, but is not limited to:
• Developer documentation, including:
• Hardware Architecture 
• Hardware Instruction Set Architecture
• Software Architecture
• Software APIs, including Programming Models, Compiler Intermediate Representations.
• Deployer documentation, including:
• System Deployment Guides
• Data sheets for hardware and systems

Who You Are

• Have a Bachelor’s degree in Science or  Engineering or equivalent
• Possess outstanding Technical Documentation skills, preferably in both hardware and software
• Have 5-10 years of technical documentation experience
• Have experience with documentation of hardware (chips), software, and systems, preferably at a semiconductor company 
• Have experience with various forms of documentation, including tools for API document generation  (pydoc, rustdoc,...), markdown for readthedocs
• Ability to augment code (Rust/Python) with comments (pydoc,...) and generate documentation from code
• Experience with HW documentation, such as datasheets, Hardware documentation tools such as RDL, …
• Have experience integrating documentation from various sources into clear, cogent documentation with a uniform look and feel
• Experience using generative AI tools to generate and integrate documentation from multiple sources
• Have the ability to expand on existing documents, fill in gaps, and identify areas that need improvement
• Have the ability to work with engineers and translate from slide decks, technical notes, into documentation for  various levels of readers:  internal engineers, external developers, system deployers
• Excellent teamwork skills with the ability to track and follow up on documentation issues across multiple teams,  and work with engineers to ensure issues get resolved
• Possess the ability to work in a dynamic environment with changing requirements and cross-team dependencies
• Have excellent verbal communication skills
• Are highly organized with strong attention to detail
• This is a hybrid role that will require you to work from our Mountain View, CA office 3 days a week on Tuesday through Thursday

Bonus Points If You Have

• Work experience as a software or hardware developer
• Experience at a startup building machine learning accelerators