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Get Access To All JobsAt ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.
This position reports to:
Quality & Operations Excellence Manager
As a Technical Writer supporting ABB’s Motion Drive Products business, you will turn complex technical and manufacturing information into clear, accurate, and user-friendly documentation that helps teams and customers use products and processes effectively. In this hybrid role, you will work closely with R&D, engineering, operations, quality, and testing teams to create, improve, and standardize manuals, work instructions, SOPs, specifications, and other key documentation.
The work model for the role is: Hybrid in New Berlin, WI.
Your role and responsibilities:
- Create, edit, and maintain technical documentation including user manuals, work instructions, standard operating procedures, requirements, specifications, and related product documentation.
- Partner with R&D, engineering, operations, quality, testing, and other cross-functional stakeholders to gather technical information and translate complex content into clear, user-friendly documentation.
- Review and improve existing documentation to increase consistency, accuracy, usability, and standardization across products and processes.
- Coordinate document reviews and approvals, ensuring documentation stays current with product changes, operational needs, and internal standards.
Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.
Qualifications for the role:
- Bachelor’s degree Communications, Engineering, Business, or a related field and 2+ years of relevant experience; OR Associate’s degree and 4+ years of relevant experience.
- Experience creating technical documentation such as manuals, publications, work instructions, SOPs, specifications, or similar materials.
- Experience gathering requirements and collaborating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts into clear, easy-to-follow documentation.
- Excellent communication skills in verbal and written English.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools.
- Experience in power electronics, industrial automation, electronic manufacturing, or variable frequency drives (VFDs) is strongly preferred.
- Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.
More about us
ABB Drive Products serves the industries and infrastructure segments with world-class drives and programmable logic controllers (PLC). With its products, global scale and local presence, the Division helps customers to improve energy efficiency, productivity and safety.
What's in it for you
We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.
ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.
For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf
As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.
Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to US-AskHR@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.
ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees
[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]
Go to MyBenefitsABB.com and click on “Candidate/Guest” to learn more
Health, Life & Disability
- Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
- Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
- Vision benefit
- Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
- Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
- Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
- Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
- Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
- Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
- Employee discount program
Retirement
- 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
- Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
Time off
ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.
Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.
Ready to make an impact?
Apply today or visit https://www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.
At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.
This position reports to:
Quality & Operations Excellence Manager
As a Technical Writer supporting ABB’s Motion Drive Products business, you will turn complex technical and manufacturing information into clear, accurate, and user-friendly documentation that helps teams and customers use products and processes effectively. In this hybrid role, you will work closely with R&D, engineering, operations, quality, and testing teams to create, improve, and standardize manuals, work instructions, SOPs, specifications, and other key documentation.
The work model for the role is: Hybrid in New Berlin, WI.
Your role and responsibilities:
- Create, edit, and maintain technical documentation including user manuals, work instructions, standard operating procedures, requirements, specifications, and related product documentation.
- Partner with R&D, engineering, operations, quality, testing, and other cross-functional stakeholders to gather technical information and translate complex content into clear, user-friendly documentation.
- Review and improve existing documentation to increase consistency, accuracy, usability, and standardization across products and processes.
- Coordinate document reviews and approvals, ensuring documentation stays current with product changes, operational needs, and internal standards.
Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.
Qualifications for the role:
- Bachelor’s degree Communications, Engineering, Business, or a related field and 2+ years of relevant experience; OR Associate’s degree and 4+ years of relevant experience.
- Experience creating technical documentation such as manuals, publications, work instructions, SOPs, specifications, or similar materials.
- Experience gathering requirements and collaborating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts into clear, easy-to-follow documentation.
- Excellent communication skills in verbal and written English.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools.
- Experience in power electronics, industrial automation, electronic manufacturing, or variable frequency drives (VFDs) is strongly preferred.
- Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.
More about us
ABB Drive Products serves the industries and infrastructure segments with world-class drives and programmable logic controllers (PLC). With its products, global scale and local presence, the Division helps customers to improve energy efficiency, productivity and safety.
What's in it for you
We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.
ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.
For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf
As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.
Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to US-AskHR@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.
ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees
[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]
Go to MyBenefitsABB.com and click on “Candidate/Guest” to learn more
Health, Life & Disability
- Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
- Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
- Vision benefit
- Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
- Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
- Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
- Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
- Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
- Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
- Employee discount program
Retirement
- 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
- Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
Time off
ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.
Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.
Ready to make an impact?
Apply today or visit https://www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Medical Writer
Align your credentials to EB-2 requirements
EB-2 requires an advanced degree or its equivalent in a relevant field like life sciences, pharmacy, or communications. If your master's is from outside the U.S., get a credential evaluation completed before targeting roles, since PERM audits often scrutinize foreign degree equivalencies.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, and medical device firms regularly sponsor Medical Writers through PERM. Use Migrate Mate to filter employers by green card filing activity, so you're applying to companies that have already run the PERM recruitment process for this role.
Understand how the PERM recruitment window affects your timeline
Employers must advertise the Medical Writer role through DOL-mandated recruitment steps before filing your PERM application. This process typically takes four to six months before your I-140 petition is even submitted, so negotiate your start date and any relocation plans around that window.
Verify your salary offer meets DOL prevailing wage
Before accepting an offer, check the wage level for your specific Medical Writer job title and work location using the OFLC Wage Search. PERM applications are rejected if the offered wage falls below the DOL-certified prevailing wage, and renegotiating after filing is not possible.
Ask employers whether EB-2 or EB-3 fits your background
Some employers default to EB-3 for Medical Writers even when candidates qualify for EB-2. If your role requires an advanced degree and your background supports it, ask your employer's immigration counsel to evaluate both options, since EB-2 carries priority date advantages for most nationalities.
Distinguish PERM sponsorship from H-1B when negotiating
Unlike H-1B visa, PERM-based green card sponsorship is permanent and not subject to an annual lottery. Employers bear most filing costs and must demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers are available, so come prepared to explain your specialized regulatory or clinical writing background during the offer conversation.
Green Card Medical Writer: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Medical Writer roles typically qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Medical Writer positions most often qualify under EB-2 when the role requires an advanced degree in a life science, pharmacy, or related field, or under EB-3 when a bachelor's degree meets the minimum requirement. The classification depends on what the employer documents as the actual minimum requirement for the specific position during the PERM process, not just the candidate's own credentials.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for a Medical Writer?
PERM sponsorship leads to permanent residency rather than temporary status, and it isn't subject to an annual lottery or numerical cap at the EB-3 level for most nationalities. The tradeoff is time: PERM labor certification, followed by I-140 filing and adjustment of status, typically takes two to four years or more depending on your country of birth and USCIS processing queues, compared to H-1B approval in a few months.
What documentation should a foreign Medical Writer prepare before applying for sponsored roles?
You'll need academic transcripts and a foreign credential evaluation if your degree is from outside the U.S., a detailed employment history showing relevant regulatory or clinical writing experience, and copies of any published work or submission documents that demonstrate your technical writing scope. Employers and their immigration counsel use this documentation to establish your qualifications during the PERM recruitment and I-140 filing stages.
How can I find Medical Writer employers that sponsor green cards?
Search Migrate Mate to identify pharmaceutical, biotech, CRO, and medical device companies with documented green card sponsorship history for Medical Writer or related roles. Focusing your applications on employers who have completed PERM filings before significantly reduces the risk of an employer declining to sponsor mid-process due to unfamiliarity with the requirements.
Can my employer sponsor me for a green card if I'm currently on an H-1B as a Medical Writer?
Yes. Employers can initiate PERM labor certification while you remain in valid H-1B status, and you can extend your H-1B beyond the standard six-year cap under AC21 rules once your I-140 is approved and your priority date is more than 365 days old. USCIS allows concurrent H-1B extensions and pending adjustment of status applications, so your work authorization remains uninterrupted during the green card process.