Technical Editor and Writer
Posted on: 12 Apr 2021
St Augustine, FL
Job Description
Description
Are you interested in expanding your career through experience and exposure, all while supporting a mission that seeks to ensure the security of our nation and its allies? If so, then Northrop Grumman is the place for you. As a leading global security company, we provide innovative systems, products and solutions to our customers worldwide. We are comprised of diverse professionals that bring different perspectives and ideas, understanding that the more experiences we bring to our work the more innovative we can be. As we continue to build our workforce, we look for people that exemplify our core values, leadership characteristics, and approach to innovation.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Technical Editor and Writer to develop technical manuals for Advanced Hawkeye rsquo;s support equipment for e-CASS operations. This position is in St. Augustine, Florida.
Job Summary:
Researches, writes, edits, and proofreads engineering technical data to develop aircraft technical manuals for the U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales. Analyses and develops detailed descriptions of aircraft components and procedures to include operator, maintenance, troubleshooting, fault isolation, checklists, technical directives, aircraft change directives, engineering change proposal, and other reports.
Job Responsibilities:
Work with Arbortext in a Common Source Database, Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe 10.x, and other applications to support desktop publishing.
Comprehensively research and scrutinize technical data leveraged from source data, engineering drawings, software description documents, test plans, design specifications/documentation, maintenance plans and design or engineering specifications.
Oversees preparation of illustrative materials, selecting drawings, sketches, diagrams and charts. Conducts quality review of materials.
Develop operational procedures, corrective maintenance, and diagnostics (troubleshooting) procedures for Organizational (O-Level) and Intermediate (I-Level) and Depot (D-Level) and participate in joint Government In-Process Reviews (IPRs) and Combined Validation/Verification (CVV) efforts as required.
Qualification
Basic Qualifications:
* Bachelor rsquo;s degree with 3 years of technical writing experience, or 1 year with a Masters, or 7 years rsquo; experience in lieu of a degree
* Proficient with S1000D Authoring tools
* Able to obtain DoD Secret Clearance once hired
* Willing and able to travel (up to 10%)
Preferred Qualifications:
* 2 years minimum of experience in Naval Aviation Training Course
* Curriculum Development
Northrop Grumman
Falls Church, VA
Northrop Grumman Corporation, a security company, provides products in the areas of autonomous systems, cyber, space, strikes, and logistics and modernizations in the United States, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Aerospace Systems, Innovation Systems, Mission Systems, and Technology Services. The Aerospace Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces manned aircrafts, autonomous systems, spacecraft systems, high-energy laser systems, microelectronics, and other systems and sub-systems for use in the areas of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, strike operations, communications, earth observations, and space science.
The Innovation Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces flights, armaments, and space systems. It offers launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile products and defense electronics; precision weapons, armament systems, and ammunitions; satellites and associated space components and services; and advanced aerospace structures. The Mission Systems segment offers products and services that include C4ISR systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR), and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; cyber solutions; space systems; intelligence processing systems; air and missile defense integration systems; navigation systems; and shipboard missiles and encapsulated payload launch systems.
The Technology Services segment provides logistic solutions that supports the full life cycle of platforms and systems. Its products and services include software and system sustainment; modernization of platform and associated subsystems; advanced training solutions; and integrated logistics support. Northrop Grumman Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.
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IndustryAerospace and Defense
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No. of Employees85,000
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Jobs Posted6018
