Principal Technical Editor Writer – Regional Apps Technical Writer (26-218) - R1

Relocation Assistance
No relocation assistance available.

Clearance Requirement for Start
Secret clearance required.

Travel
Required – 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.

Position Overview
The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is a key component of the Missile Defense System. It enables the U.S. President, Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders to plan missile defense operations, monitor battles, and control sensors and weapon systems worldwide. C2BMC supports layered missile defense against threats across all ranges and flight phases, and enhances performance by networking and synchronizing sensors and weapon systems at global and regional levels. It is required for all ground and flight tests verifying missile defense capabilities.
In this role the candidate will serve as a Technical Writer on the Regional Apps Agile Release Train (RA ART). The candidate will work with RA leadership and RA product teams to prepare documentation that communicates technical details about the C2BMC Regional software to internal and external customers. The candidate will support the preparation of C2BMC plans, procedures and processes that are the responsibility of the RA ART, plan work based on customer requirements and program contractual agreements, and schedule.

Essential Functions

Ensure RA technical documentation is created and updated following the most current industry, DoD documentation, and applicable program standards.

Lead the creation, update and delivery of RA ART documentation, including Algorithm Design Documentation (ADD), Functional Area Design Documentation (FADDs), applicable appendices to other program documentation, program plans, procedures and processes that are the responsibility of the RA ART.

Track documentation due dates, develop plans to complete tasks, collate inputs from RA product teams, prepare draft and final versions, coordinate across RA product teams to track progress, identify risks and dependencies, and provide updates to RA leadership as requested.

Collaborate with and gather feedback from RA engineers, leadership, and other stakeholders on draft documents for incorporation into final documents.

Seek out detailed software design and architecture information from existing documentation and development projects as source material for documentation being created or modified.

Update information repositories such as Confluence, Jira, and SharePoint.

Track and meet scheduled deadlines for documentation deliverables and execute any other required tasks by the program.

Basic Qualifications

A Bachelor’s Degree in a related field from an accredited university with 5 years of experience; OR a Master’s degree in a related field with 3 years of relevant work experience; OR 9 years of relevant work experience may be considered as an alternative to a degree.

Current, active, in‑scope DoD‑issued Secret security clearance at the time of application.

Extremely skilled in organization and presentation.

Proficient in conducting in‑depth technical research to create content on new technologies and keep existing documentation accurate and up to date.

Ability to write to various audiences.

Experienced in writing and editing high‑level designs, detailed designs, standard operating procedures, installation instructions, and other such documentation.

Must be able to travel to alternate work locations to execute job duties.

Preferred Qualifications

Prior C2BMC or documentation generation experience on large‑scale DoD program; experience with markdown for docs as code.

Prior experience with Git and Nexus.

Understanding of DoD documentation standards.

What We Can Offer You

Health Plan

Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Education Assistance

Training and Development

Flexible Work Arrangements

Salary Range
Primary Level Salary Range: $94,200.00 – $141,200.00.

Benefits Overview
Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonuses in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for long‑term incentives. Northrop Grumman also provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company‑paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation and/or personal business.

Equal Opportunity Employer
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.

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