Job Description

Description:

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a Junior-level or Mid-level Technical Writer/ Editor. The successful candidate will join our high performing team to develop technical documentation for advanced military sensors and systems, integrated on platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Edit technical documents to ensure compliance with spelling, grammar and punctuation, style, layout and specification requirements.

• Collaborate with task/team leads, writers, engineers, and instructors, to publish and deliver documents.

• Develop templates based on style guides to adhere to military specifications and standards of technical writing.

• Perform Desktop Publishing tasks for all program technical data products and publish materials in hardcopy and electronic formats.

Skills:

Editing, Technical writing, NX, Engineering, Manufacturing, Radar, Air Force, DOD, Defense, Aerospace, Framemaker, XML, HTML, Microsoft Office, Technical Manual, Maintenance manual, Sop, Medical, Technical Editor, Editor, Arbortext

Top Skills Details:

Editing,Technical writing

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications for level 2:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in English, Journalism, Communications or related field, 1-2 years\xe2\x80\x99 technical editing experience.

• Minimum 0-1 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in creating and modifying templates, style sheets, and formats.

• Experience with structured (HTML, SGML, or XML, and S1000 or DITA) content.

• Excellent attention to detail.

• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment.

• Knowledge of Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE 100) specification.

• Self-motivated with good problem solving and organization skills.

• U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret clearance (or higher).

Basic Qualifications for level 3:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in English, Journalism, Communications or related field, 5-10 years\xe2\x80\x99 technical editing experience, 3 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience with Master\xe2\x80\x99s.

• Minimum 5 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in creating and modifying templates, style sheets, and formats.

• Minimum of 5 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience editing page-based and structured (HTML, SGML, and XML, and S1000 and DITA) content.

• Excellent attention to detail.

• Experience with structured technical data.

• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment.

• Excellent problem solving and organization skills.

• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret clearance (or higher).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience with structured authoring applications, such as: MadCap, FrameMaker, or Arbortext.

• Experience with Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE 100).

• Member of the Society for Technical Communicators (STC).

• Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI).

Experience Level:

Entry Level

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