Principal Technical Editor and Writer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered by providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

The DARC program within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking Technical Editor/Writer Lead to join our diverse and talented engineering organization in support of our National Defense as part of on a new ground-based radar program. Join an exciting and new program as we embark on solving complex and novel engineering challenges. As a Technical Editor/Writer lead on this new ground-based radar program you will be responsible for the planning, execution, and management of the hardware components deployment to the selected customer’s site. The successful candidates should have strong fielding and deployment experience and be able to work collaboratively with an experienced engineering and program management team to meet our customers’ needs.

Job Duties:

• 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

 

Basic Qualifications

• 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 Qualifications

• 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

Salary Range: $82,900.00 - $124,300.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.