Job Purpose
A technical writer is a professional writer that communications complex information and produces technical information as part of a larger content management plan. They create technical documentation that includes things like instruction manuals, user manuals, journal articles, quick reference guides, and white papers. They may also create more common types of content including social media posts, press releases, and web pages. Technical writers work closely with team members including graphic designers, content writers, document specialists, and industry experts to create technical documents. They may also work with fellow writers to develop their business writing skills depending on the project and document type.
Project/Unit Description
The Applied Systems Laboratory (ASL) Systems Integration Division (SID) supports systems integration, system design, and product development projects for the Department of Defense (DoD) systems. SID researches military systems specializing in avionics, electronic warfare, autonomous systems, intelligence systems, tactical communication/datalink systems; and live, virtual, constructive training solutions. The SID team's engineering roles include Systems Engineering ,Algorithm Engineering, Datalink Engineering, and Embedded Software Engineering.
Key Responsibilities
- Conducts interviews with various users and technical staff to gather data for documentation - Provides recommendations and ideas to the technical documentation team, project leads, and management on best work practices, workflow, presentation, structure and organization of materials by developing new work processes and methods. - Analyze Enterprise System requirements to determine types of documents needed. - Collaborate with project teams (DevOps, Security, DataOps, Business Analyst and Operations) to collect and interpret technical information. -Research technical concepts to fully understand product and proposes content to the teams. - Develop technical design documents, architecture documents, infrastructure document, network documents, security documents and develops policy and procedures - Edit written documentation developed by other team members for consistency. - Maintain and update existing documentation with new content. - Meets with technical team and managers to learn about specific project needs. - Supports technical team with developing diagrams for documents and briefings.
Additional Responsibilities
- Document technical project and development plans
- Document systems and software requirements
- Document systems and software test and test results
Required Minimum Qualifications
- Experience creating clear and concise engineering documents
- Experience with systems and/or software lifecycle and associated documentation
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with software safety documentation.
- Experience with DoD military development projects and documentation (DIDs)
Compensation:
$_45__/hr to $__55___/hr.
Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.
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