Engineering Technical Writer with Security Clearance

About

Seeking an individual to join our high-performing team in an 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.

Qualifications

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