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Tech Writer 3 - Engineering

Precision Resources Company, Elkridge, MD, United States


Tech Writer - Engineering

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

WORK SHIFT: 1st Shift (9/80A)

NO GRANT WRITERS, GOVERNMENT TECH WRITERS OR PROPOSAL WRITERS.

Manager Notes:

Requires knowledge of radar and engineering procedures to be able to create technical documentation and training materials and instruct the students.

Will be working with engineers and peers to develop different types technical manuals and training conduct to help guide personnel how to use and service nomenclature.

Candidates must already be experienced senior engineer with skills to understand schematics, write remove and replace and user documentation and training materials.

Will work with the team to understand how we pull our information together to construct different types of deliverables.

Engineering Writer position. Successful candidates will be able to fulfill engineering writing requirements for electronic systems, sensors, and radar systems in Elkridge, MD.

Responsibilities:

Successful candidate will work in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) structure in fulfilling the assigned role.

As an engineering writer, the successful candidate writes, rewrites and/or edits technical publications covering operation and maintenance for sensors/systems. The engineering writer will research and compile information from contractual and engineering sources and develop technical publications that adhere to military specifications and standards. Published technical publications include hardware description, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting and repair, and parts information for a wide range of audiences.

The successful candidates will:

Possess excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.

Be self-motivated, proactive and detail oriented.

Possess excellent problem-solving and organizational skills

Possess the ability to publish materials in page-based, electronic (basic and interactive), and structured (HTML, XML, and SGML) formats and has experience writing to military specifications and standards.

Collaborate with task leads, writers, engineers, and instructors, to develop and deliver sensor/system technical publications to varying levels of detail.

Conduct quality review of technical publications.

Perform other duties, as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in STEM discipline or related field or minimum of 7 years' experience in military operations and maintenance with radar, communications, electro-optics, networks and information technology-based sensors/systems

U.S. citizenship is required.

Possess and maintain Department of Defense (DoD) Secret clearance

Able and willing to perform physically demanding tasks in various environmental conditions

Able and willing to travel to domestic and international sites to support program tasks when/if required

Preferred Qualifications:

Greater than 10 years' engineering writing experience

Willing to obtain higher-level clearance, if required

Multi-disciplined is also an experienced/certified military instructor