Technical Writer

About the role

The Technical Writer will plan, create, and revise classified documents for government partners from highly technical information. They will develop, edit, refine, and proofread technical materials for maritime systems, develop, edit, refine, and proofread technical and mission assessment reports, input and format text, tables and graphics, collaborate with engineers, artists, project managers and other partners to define project requirements and resolve content, production and scheduling issues, interview subject matter experts to distill highly complex information into easy-to-understand materials, and ensure clarity and accuracy of complex technical documents.

Responsibilities

• Plan, create, and revise classified documents for our government partners from highly technical information.
• Develop, edit, refine and proofread technical materials for maritime systems.
• Develop, edit, refine and proofread technical and mission assessment reports.
• Input and format text, tables and graphics.
• Collaborate with engineers, artists, project managers and other partners to define project requirements and resolve content, production and scheduling issues.
• Interview subject matter experts to distill highly complex information into easy-to-understand materials.
• Ensure clarity and accuracy of complex technical documents.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in English or a related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of technical writing experience with a focus on systems or mission engineering, maritime systems or operations.
• Experience writing and editing formal publications and technical documents for organization, grammar, usage and clarity.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a superior command of the English language.
• A proven ability to learn and understand complex topics quickly to convey them clearly and accurately.
• A proven ability to critically review and provide feedback during presentation and document reviews.
• A proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with an eye for prioritization.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in structured authoring tools, such as Arbortext.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

Qualifications

• You meet our minimum qualifications if you have a bachelor’s degree in English or a related technical discipline and 3+ years of technical writing experience with a focus on systems or mission engineering, maritime systems or operations.
• You meet our minimum qualifications if you have a 3+ years of experience creating graphics for use in printed or electronic publications, preferably in the classified domain.
• You meet our minimum qualifications if you have a 5+ years of technical/engineering work experience.
• You meet our minimum qualifications if you have an ability to generate formal electrical and/or mechanical drawings using Cameo.
• You meet our minimum qualifications if you have proficiency in Adobe (Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, FrameMaker).
• You meet our minimum qualifications if you have experience creating documentation in accordance with standards such as (NIST) SP 800-37, Risk Management Framework (RMF) among others.
• You meet our minimum qualifications if you have experience using markup languages (Markdown, JSON, reStructuredText, etc.).

Skills

• Ability to generate formal electrical and/or mechanical drawings using Cameo.
• Experience using markup languages (Markdown, JSON, reStructuredText, etc.).

Benefits

• Generous benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development.

Pay

$58,700 Annually - $146,300 Annually

Schedule

Full-time