Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 week ago
Principal Technical Editor and Writer
United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$78K/yr - $117K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, and they are seeking a Principal Technical Editor and Writer to join their team. The role involves writing, editing, and managing technical documents for a new ground-based radar program, ensuring clear communication of technical specifications and instructions.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Write, rewrite and/or edit technical documents such as technical procedure manuals, user manuals, programming manuals, service manuals, operational specifications, and related technical publications to communicate clearly and effectively technical specifications and instructions to a wide range of audiences
Acquires subject knowledge by interviewing product developers, observing performance of production methods, referring to technical specifications, blueprints, engineering illustrations, and trade journals
Oversees preparation of illustrative materials, selecting drawings, sketches, diagrams and charts
Provide technical writing/editing for technical data, ensuring file configuration control, compliance with the RFP and clean final products
Conduct quality review of materials
Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards
Mentor and/or instructs junior writers
Ability to travel up to 10%
Ability to travel OCONUS
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree with 5 years of experience; 3 years experience with a Master's Degree; 4 additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
Must have a current active Secret Clearance at time of application
Experience working with military technical documents related to training development, training delivery, and integrated logistics support ARs, Mil Specifications and Preferences, Technical Bulletins, IETMs, DIDs, etc
5+ years of experience and advanced skills with the Microsoft Office product suite
3+ years of experience and intermediate skills with Adobe Acrobat, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Illustrator
Knowledge of industry practices
Able to read and interpret complex engineering drawings, specifications, and system description documents
Experience with developing products IAW MIL-STD 40051-1 and 40051-2
Preferred
Experience in file configuration management
Experience in Adobe FrameMaker
Has strong writing, and editing skills, and experience in manipulating grammar
Experienced in querying authors for clarity and compliance purposes and must be skilled in Microsoft Word, MS excel, and PowerPoint
Experience in utilizing the Maintenance Manual change process
Experience writing in XML/S1000D International Specification for Technical Publications/IETM/Data Module writing (Arbortext, EAGLE, XMetal, or similar program)
6+ years working with military technical documents related to training development, training delivery, and integrated logistics support (ARs, Mil Specifications and Preferences, Technical Bulletins, IETMs, DIDs, etc.)
Experience in an electronic/avionic field or in a Department of Defense (DoD) maintenance background
Familiar with developing products IAW MIL-STD 38784B
Experienced with configuration management
Experienced in creating multi-configuration, multi-effectivity indentured parts lists from engineering and LSA data
Ability to identify and possibly work around limited engineering and LSA data
Experienced with Isometric IPB graphics and layout
Experienced with creating and revising IPB's using MIL-DTL-38807 or MIL-PRF-38807
Experience with AGILE, SCRUM, DevOps, etc
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase