Head of Documentation / Lead Documentation Engineer

Mujin is a global leader in industrial automation, redefining supply chain efficiency through MujinOS—our intelligent operating system for robotics. At our core is Machine Intelligence (MujinMI), a unique approach that leverages real-time digital twins and advanced perception, planning, and control algorithms to achieve fully autonomous operations. Our flagship product, MujinController, empowers users with a highly configurable, no-code interface. By integrating cutting-edge motion planning and computer vision, it enables seamless automation for complex applications such as palletizing, picking, and truck unloading. Headquartered in Japan with a growing presence in the US, China, and Europe, we invite you to join a dynamic environment where you can shape the future of automation.

We are looking for a Head of Documentation / Lead Documentation Engineer to own the documentation system, tooling, and processes for Mujin OS - a complex software product in the industrial automation/robotics domain. This role is responsible not only for writing and editing documentation, but for designing, implementing, and maintaining a sustainable documentation ecosystem that is deeply integrated into our engineering workflows. It owns documentation as a system and acts as the central point of accountability for documentation structure, tooling, and quality. The ideal candidate has extensive writing experience as well as hands-on experience setting up docs-as-code systems, partnering closely with engineers, and enabling documentation to be authored, reviewed, and maintained across teams. This role is intended to evolve into building or leading a documentation team over time. Responsibilities: Documentation Strategy & Ownership Own the end-to-end documentation strategy, including structure, standards, tooling, and long-term maintainability Define documentation audiences, document types, and information architecture (e.g. developer docs, operator manuals, API references, conceptual guides, internal docs) Act as the single accountable owner for documentation quality, consistency, and discoverability Docs-as-Code & Tooling Design and maintain a docs-as-code workflow (e.g., Markdown/AsciiDoc, git-based authoring, CI-driven builds and previews) Select, configure, and evolve documentation tooling (static site generators, linters, preview environments, versioning strategies) Integrate documentation into the software development lifecycle, including PR-based documentation changes, release documentation, and versioned documentation tied to product releases Automation & Generated Documentation Define what documentation should be: Written manually Authored by engineers Automatically generated from source (APIs, schemas, configs, code) Set up and maintain pipelines for generated documentation (e.g. OpenAPI, Sphinx, Doxygen, or custom tooling) Ensure generated documentation is usable, curated, and integrated into the overall documentation set Collaboration with Engineering & Product Work closely with engineers, product managers, and UX designers to extract and validate technical information as well as define documentation responsibilities per component or feature Enable and guide engineers to contribute documentation through templates, contribution guidelines, review processes Establish clear expectations for documentation ownership and updates as part of feature development Writing, Editing, and Review Write and edit high-impact documentation where structure, clarity, or system-level understanding is critical Review and improve API documentation, tutorials and onboarding materials, troubleshooting guides, release notes Review and improve UI text, warnings, labels, and onboarding flows for the web-based controller UI Standards, Quality, and Governance Define and maintain documentation standards, style guides, terminology, and voice/tone guidelines Establish review and quality assurance processes for documentation changes Balance modern software documentation practices with industrial documentation expectations, including safety-related content where applicable Internationalization & Scaling Design documentation workflows that support internationalization and localization Collaborate with localization teams or vendors to ensure technical accuracy across languages Prepare the documentation system to scale with product complexity and team growth