Northrop Grumman Australia · 16 hours ago
Technical Editor and Writer (Level 3 or 4)
United States-Arizona-Mesa
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$74K/yr - $138K/yr
9+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading global defense company with opportunities for employees to work on revolutionary systems. They are seeking an experienced Technical Editor and Writer to support their Armament Systems business site in Mesa, AZ, responsible for writing and editing technical documents and overseeing the preparation of illustrative materials.
Defense & Space
Responsibilities
Writes, rewrites and/or edits technical documents such as technical procedure manuals, user manuals, programming manuals, service manuals, operational specifications, and related technical publications to communicate clearly and effectively using Extensible Markup Language (XML)
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
Conducts quality review of materials
Qualification
Required
Must have 9 years of experience in writing/editing technical documents experience. Will consider a bachelor's degree plus 5 of writing/editing technical documents experience, or a master's degree plus 3 years of experience
Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards
Knowledge of DoD industry practices (TO 00-5-1, Mil-STD-38784, MIL-STD-3048, Mil-STD-1808). Independently demonstrates the skill and ability to perform fairly complex professional tasks
Experience with Standards for Tech Manuals (MIL-STD-40051, S1000D, etc.)
Must be able to read and interpret complex engineering drawings, specifications, and system description documents
Must have 12 years of experience in writing/editing technical documents experience. Will consider a bachelor's degree plus 8 of writing/editing technical documents experience, or a master's degree plus 6 years of experience
Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards
Knowledge of DoD industry practices (TO 00-5-1, Mil-STD-38784, MIL-STD-3048, Mil-STD-1808). Independently demonstrates the skill and ability to perform fairly complex professional tasks
Experience with Standards for Tech Manuals (MIL-STD-40051, S1000D, etc.)
Must be able to read and interpret complex engineering drawings, specifications, and system description documents
Preferred
Hands-on experience with Raytheon EAGLE software, both LPD and EPS
Experience with Interleaf Quicksilver
Experience in Advanced Adobe Acrobat and/or Adobe Illustrator
Experience with Adobe FrameMaker
Experience with templates (creating and working in)
Strong PC skills and proficient knowledge with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word
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