EARL WAJENBERG

Goffstown, NH 03045  |  (603) 340-4503  |  earlwajenberg@comcast.net

TECHNICAL EDITOR

Experienced technical writing and editing professional. Develops an understanding of the technical issues involved, while working within guidelines of composition and publishing. Routinely edited self and others, as a constant function of the job. Conversant with a variety of editing and publishing tools. Provides clarity for technical and non-technical audiences, for academic readers and in large corporations and small ones, working in teams or alone.

KEY SKILLS

Technical Writing | Math Education | Physics Education | Science Journalism | FrameMaker | oXygen | Tridion Publication | Microsoft Word | Paint.NET | Adobe Acrobat | RoboHelp | XML | HTML | Windows Environments | Mac Environments | UNIX Environments| AI for document reformatting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Siemens, Lebanon, NH   |   October 2012 – October 2025
Senior Technical Author
Documenting computer-aided engineering software.

• Worked on a documentation team of 8 to 12, for a suite of CAD software, primarily in physics simulation, maintaining a doc set of over 12,000 pages, including tutorial material.
  
• Trained five new hires in the use of the publication system.
  
• Developed documentation conversion processes for moving information between platforms.
  
• Trained in AI and used it for documentation reformatting

Science Applications International Corp., Natick, MA   |   July 2011 – October 2012
Senior Technical Writer / Editor
Documenting military technical manuals written to military specification.

• Edited technical manuals on military equipment using XML.
  
• Worked with technical illustrators and military subject-matter experts.

Technical Needs, Inc., Hudson, NH   |   October 2010 – July 2011
Contract Technical Writer (to Kollsman Mfg. Co., instrument manufacturer)
Documentation included user documentation, service documentation, and online help.

• Authored documentation for advanced medical diagnostic instruments, using FrameMaker, Microsoft Word, RoboHelp, and Adobe Acrobat.
  
• Photographed hardware, and inserted and edited images for documentation.

Ezenia, Inc., Nashua, NH   |   November 2007 – October 2009
Technical Writer
Sole technical writer for the company. Documentation included manuals, quick reference cards, technical bulletins, installation instructions.

• Authored and illustrated document sets for military and government security agencies, and for customer service staff, using Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat.
  
• Created technical bulletins for customers and customer service staff.
  
• Edited white papers and press releases.
  
• Created graphics and logos with Microsoft Paint and Paint.NET.
  
• Created release notes with HTML.

Hesser College, Manchester, NH   |   September 2006 – March 2007
Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH September 2006 – December 2007
Mathematics Teacher
Taught algebra, financial math, probability, and basic math concepts to a variety of students.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Mercury Computer Systems, Chelmsford, MA
Principal Technical Writer

• Documented high-speed signal processing software and circuit boards.

Chrysalis Symbolic Design, Inc., Billerica, MA
Technical Writer
Sole technical writer for the company.

• Documented Verilog-based software tools for integrated circuit design.

Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA
Senior Technical Writer

• Documented hardware, word processing systems, and operating systems.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts (MA), History and Philosophy of Science
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Master of Science (MS), Physics
Tufts University, Medford, MA

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Physics
Hiram College, Hiram, OH