Technical Writer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado, +5 more states.

📋 Description

• Develop, edit, maintain, and publish various technical manuals, operation manuals, maintenance manuals, installation guides, deployment instructions, training materials, engineering documentation, and product support documentation.

• Create and sustain technical publications that facilitate system operation, troubleshooting, preventive and corrective maintenance, fault isolation, software updates, and hardware replacement tasks.

• Design and manage Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (IETP) leveraging Markdown-based publishing tools and approved customer delivery platforms.

• Generate formal contract deliverables, including project management plans, quality assurance plans, configuration management plans, integrated product support plans, status reports, acceptance reports, and sustainment documentation.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to formulate and maintain requirements traceability matrices, system architecture documentation, interface descriptions, compliance documentation, and materials for design reviews.

• Produce integrated product support documentation, including reliability reports, FMECA documentation, provisioning data, obsolescence reporting, and PHST documentation.

• Assist in developing training plans, instructor guides, student guides, lesson plans, training presentations, examinations, and materials for knowledge transfer.

• Create and update cybersecurity documentation, which encompasses incident management plans, operating procedures, accreditation packages, security testing documentation, and compliance reports.

• Facilitate document review, approval, revision control, baseline management, and engineering change activities.

• Conduct quality reviews to ensure technical accuracy, consistency, formatting compliance, and readiness for customer acceptance.

• Oversee document repositories, classification, revision histories, publishing workflows, and schedules for deliverables.

• Engage directly with subject matter experts, engineers, logisticians, trainers, and customer representatives to guarantee the accuracy and completeness of documentation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Active Secret Security Clearance is required at the time of employment.

• Must be eligible to work in the United States.

• Associate’s degree in Technical Communication, English, Journalism, Communications, Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.

• Equivalent military or defense-industry technical writing experience may be accepted in lieu of formal education.

• A minimum of 8 years of professional technical writing experience is required.

• Experience in supporting defense, aerospace, SATCOM, telecommunications, engineering, logistics, sustainment, or government programs is essential.

• Proven experience in producing complex technical and engineering documentation.

• Experience collaborating directly with engineers, technical subject matter experts, and multidisciplinary project teams.

• Familiarity with the processes of document review, approval, publication, and configuration control.

• Experience managing document repositories and version-controlled documentation environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Additional incentives may be included as part of the overall compensation package.

• Medical benefits are offered.

• Financial benefits are available.

• Other benefits may be provided.

• Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.