FAA Radar System Docs: Technical Writer & Editor

a3 architecture; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 50,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

A3 Technology, Inc. seeks a highly skilled Technical Writer/Editor to join the FAA team to review, edit, and revise strategy, concept documents, and reports for the Radar System Replacement program.

You will coordinate with engineers, project managers, logistics personnel, and field staff to produce site survey reports, implementation plans, and readiness documentation, ensuring FAA standards and configuration management across the project.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in technical communications, English, or engineering.
• Minimum of five years of experience preparing technical documentation for engineering, IT, telecom, or government programs.
• Experience developing engineering documentation, implementation plans, manuals, procedures, and reports.
• Strong understanding of document lifecycle management, version control, and baselines.
• Excellent written, editing, proofreading, and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, edit, format, and maintain technical documentation for all phases of the Radar System Replacement program.
• Review engineering documentation for technical accuracy, completeness, clarity, and formatting.
• Coordinate with Systems Engineers, Project Managers, Logistics personnel, and field engineers to collect, organize, and validate technical information.
• Produce Site Survey Reports, System Level Implementation Plans, Site-Specific Implementation Plans, readiness documentation, meeting minutes, and implementation documentation.
• Maintain configuration-controlled documentation, baselines, revision history, and traceability.
• Incorporate engineering changes and red-line markups into controlled documentation and as-built records.
• Ensure documentation complies with FAA standards, engineering practices, and customer guidelines.
• Support document reviews, readiness reviews, and government documentation audits.
• Coordinate document approvals and maintain project documentation repositories.
• Assist in developing standard templates, style guides, and processes to improve consistency and quality.
• Support QA and configuration management by ensuring released docs reflect approved system configurations.

Skills

Editing

Proofreading

Verbal communication

Written communication

Documentation review

Education

Bachelor's degree in Technical Communications, English, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Adobe Acrobat

SharePoint

Document management systems

Job description

A3 Technology, Inc. seeks a highly skilled Technical Writer/Editor to join the FAA team to review, edit, and revise strategy, concept documents, and reports for the Radar System Replacement program.

You will coordinate with engineers, project managers, logistics personnel, and field staff to produce site survey reports, implementation plans, and readiness documentation, ensuring FAA standards and configuration management across the project.