Federal Proposal Writer for DoD Opportunities

NODA AI; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Equity grants

Job summary

NODA AI is seeking a Proposal Writer to translate capabilities and mission impact into persuasive content for opportunities from early pursuit through award. Hybrid on-site in Austin, TX or Washington, DC with up to 5% travel; U.S.

Citizen able to obtain security clearance is required. You will develop content for RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, white papers, capability statements, executive summaries, technical and management volumes, and past performance narratives, collaborating with Capture, BD, Programs,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on proposal writing, proposal development, or business development writing experience, with meaningful experience supporting US Government or DoD opportunities.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Journalism, Communications, or a related field.
• Proven ability to develop compelling content for Federal proposals, RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, Sources Sought responses, white papers, and other competitive Government submissions.
• Strong understanding of the Federal and DoD acquisition environment, including solicitation and proposal processes.
• Working knowledge of FAR and DFARS and familiarity with Federal proposal compliance requirements.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to turn complex, technical, or incomplete inputs into clear and persuasive narratives.
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate capture strategies, win themes, discriminators, customer priorities, and evaluation criteria into proposal content.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, including complex document formatting, styles, templates, and proposal production.
• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary writer across the full range of Government and customer-facing pursuit materials, including RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, white papers, solution briefs, capability statements, executive summaries, past performance narratives, and technical and management volumes.
• Analyse solicitations, statements of work, evaluation criteria, and acquisition documentation to develop content that is compliant, responsive, persuasive, and tailored to the opportunity.
• Partner with Capture, Business Development, Programs, Product, Engineering, and leadership to develop proposal narratives aligned with capture strategy, win themes, discriminators, customer priorities, and mission needs.
• Translate complex technical and operational concepts across software, autonomy, AI, systems integration, hardware, and fielded capabilities into clear and compelling content for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Interview engineers, programme leaders, account leads, and other subject matter experts to extract critical information, identify content gaps, and convert raw inputs into polished written products.
• Draft original content describing NODA AI's technical approaches, capabilities, architectures, implementation strategies, management approaches, and mission impact, connecting customer requirements and evaluation criteria to NODA AI's solution and differentiators.
• Support proposal development through storyboarding, outlining, drafting, editing, reviews, revisions, final production, and submission, incorporating stakeholder and colour-team feedback throughout
• Review, edit, and integrate contributions from multiple authors into a cohesive voice and narrative, ensuring technical accuracy, clarity, compliance, and persuasiveness
• Collaborate with technical teams and designers to develop graphics, diagrams, tables, and other visual elements that strengthen proposal narratives
• Develop and maintain reusable proposal templates, technical narratives, capability descriptions, past performance content, and boilerplate libraries, ensuring materials remain accurate and current
• Manage multiple concurrent pursuits and compressed timelines while maintaining a consistently high standard of quality

Skills

Exceptional writing

Editing

Storytelling

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Communication

Proposal writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Journalism/Communications

Tools

MS Word

PowerPoint

Job description

NODA AI is seeking a Proposal Writer to translate capabilities and mission impact into persuasive content for opportunities from early pursuit through award. Hybrid on-site in Austin, TX or Washington, DC with up to 5% travel; U.S.

Citizen able to obtain security clearance is required. You will develop content for RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, white papers, capability statements, executive summaries, technical and management volumes, and past performance narratives, collaborating with Capture, BD, Programs,