Freelance - Science & Technical Writer (all genders) - The Decoder

📅 Start: nach Absprache | ⏳ Dauer: nach Absprache | 🕐 Auslastung: nach Absprache | 📍 Einsatzort: Berlin, Germany (Remote)

You speak both languages: science and people. We build award-winning smart glasses in Vienna: hardware, firmware, software, all under one roof. Eye tracking is at the heart of our technology. Our technology is complex, peer-reviewed, and genuinely worth writing about. We’re looking for a freelance science and technical writer who can take a briefing, dive deep into the subject matter, and come back with content that is accurate, compelling, and publication-ready, in both German and English. This isn’t ghostwriting for generalists. It’s serious technical content that needs a serious writer.

Tasks

• What You’ll Be Doing

• Whitepapers, technical articles, and scientific content that accurately represent our technology and research

• Content that makes complex deep-tech topics accessible to informed B2B audiences, without dumbing them down

• Project-based collaboration: from briefing through expert reviews to final sign-off, independently and with precision

• Interview subject-matter experts, coordinate reviews, and incorporate feedback through final approval

• Suggest ideas for diagrams, infographics, and data visualizations where they add value

• Output in both German and English, publication-ready in both

Requirements

• Several years of proven experience in scientific or technical writing, ideally in deep-tech or a B2B technology environment

• A background in natural sciences, engineering, or a related technical field; genuine interest in eye tracking or related topics such as computer vision, human-machine interaction, or wearables

• Proven experience making scientific topics accessible to a general audience, e.g. through articles in popular science magazines or on the blog of a science-driven company

• The ability to independently work through complex topics after a briefing. You ask the right questions and find your own way to the answer

• Flawless writing in German and English, with a sharp eye for accuracy, nuance, and tone

• A structured, reliable, and precise way of working. You own a piece from first draft to final version

• High standards: you don’t submit something you wouldn’t put your name on.

• Being based in or near Vienna is a plus, so we can meet in person every now and then

• To apply, please share

• A technical white paper or scientific article you wrote yourself

• An example of how you made complex technology or research accessible to a broader audience