Technical Editor and Writer (Level 2)

Relocation assistance: No. Clearance required for start: Yes (Secret). Travel: Yes, approximately 10% of time.

About the role

At Northrop Grumman, employees work on revolutionary systems that impact lives worldwide. The company seeks a motivated Technical Writer/Editor (Level 2) to join the Aeronautics Systems team in Rancho Bernardo, CA. The role involves deriving information from technical sources, assisting in development with engineers and SMEs, interpreting and formulating data, and writing, rewriting, or editing technical documents such as procedure manuals, user manuals, programming manuals, service manuals, operational specifications, and related publications to communicate specifications and instructions clearly to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Derive information from released technical sources and assist in development with engineers and subject matter experts.
• Interpret, formulate, and affect data using source materials.
• Write, rewrite, and/or edit technical documents including technical procedure manuals, user manuals, programming manuals, service manuals, operational specifications, and related technical publications.
• Acquire subject knowledge by interviewing product developers, observing production methods, referring to technical specifications, blueprints, engineering illustrations, and trade journals.
• Identify and resolve moderate scope and complexity discrepancies within engineering drawings and blueprints that may impact data.
• Coordinate findings with team members and refer findings to established precedents and policies, consulting engineering group and SMEs as needed.
• Assist in the review of products with the customer and advise on proper use.

Requirements

• 2 years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree; 0 years with a Master’s degree.
• An additional 4 years of experience can be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience negotiating and integrating different viewpoints, relaying and receiving information, and collaborating in a team environment.
• Strong writing and editing skills, with experience manipulating grammar.
• Skilled in querying authors for clarity and compliance purposes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to transfer and maintain a final adjudicated government Secret clearance (must be in‑scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any required program accesses within a reasonable period.
• U.S. citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance.

Qualifications

• Active US Government Top Secret security clearance (preferred).
• Experience as a military aircraft maintainer (preferred).
• Experience in aviation maintenance technical publication development and sustainment using applicable software (e.g., Arbortext Editor) (preferred).
• History of collaboration in small teams with different organizations (preferred).
• Proficiency in interpreting engineering data such as parts lists, application lists, notes lists, and print reading (preferred).
• Experience with configuration management (preferred).
• Ability to create multi‑configuration, multi‑effectivity indentured parts lists from engineering data (preferred).
• Ability to identify and possibly work around limited engineering data (preferred).

Skills

• Strong writing and editing abilities.
• Grammar manipulation and clarity querying.
• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint proficiency.
• Technical document authoring and editing.
• Configuration management knowledge.
• Interpretation of engineering drawings and data.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company‑paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for