Principal Technical Editor and Writer

CO Salary Range: USD 82,900.00 - 124,300.00 per year

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 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.The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered by providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.
The DARC program within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking Technical Editor/Writer Lead to join our diverse and talented engineering organization in support of our National Defense as part of on a new ground-based radar program. Join an exciting and new program as we embark on solving complex and novel engineering challenges. As a Technical Editor/Writer lead on this new ground-based radar program you will be responsible for the planning, execution, and management of the hardware components deployment to the selected customer's site. The successful candidates should have strong fielding and deployment experience and be able to work collaboratively with an experienced engineering and program management team to meet our customers' needs.
Job Duties:

Write, rewrite and/or edit technical documents such as technical procedure manuals, user manuals, programming manuals, service manuals, operational specifications, and related technical publications to communicate clearly and effectively technical specifications and instructions to a wide range of audiences.
Acquires subject knowledge by interviewing product developers, observing performance of production methods, referring to technical specifications, blueprints, engineering illustrations, and trade journals
Oversees preparation of illustrative materials, selecting drawings, sketches, diagrams and charts
Provide technical writing/editing for technical data, ensuring file configuration control, compliance with the RFP and clean final products
Conduct quality review of materials
Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards
Mentor and/or instructs junior writers
Ability to travel up to 10%
Ability to travel OCONUS

Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree with 5 years of experience; 3 years experience with a Master's Degree; 4 additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
Must have a current active Secret Clearance at time of application
Experience working with military technical documents related to training development, training delivery, and integrated logistics support ARs, Mil Specifications and Preferences, Technical Bulletins, IETMs, DIDs, etc.)
5+ years of experience and advanced skills with the Microsoft Office product suite