Senior Defense Technical Writer

Anduril Industries; McHenry (MS); On-site; USD 87,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks an experienced Technical Writer to partner with the Test & Evaluation group to generate and maintain developmental test and operation-focused technical documentation.

You will work closely with test engineers, pilots, and SMEs to understand usage, identify gaps, and close them with clear, high-quality artifacts. The role shapes tone, quality, and infrastructure for documentation at scale across product development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in English, communications, linguistics, or related field (may substitute equivalent technical experience).
• 5+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation.
• Experience in Aerospace industry and/or DoD documentation.
• Familiarization with military writing standards and verbiage (412TW-TIH-20-01).
• Strong reading/interpreting of engineering documentation.
• Ability to use MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio; strong written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Build partnerships across the business to understand users and products, especially hardware and its software components used by Test & Evaluation.
• Generate, review, and edit Test & Evaluation-focused documentation of the highest quality.
• Research highly technical subject matter, organize info from multiple sources, and translate into clear written material for a broad audience.
• Contribute to Anduril's technical writing toolkit, including style guides and documentation lifecycle processes]
• Collaborate with test engineers, product management, and the business across all product development phases.

Skills

Technical writing

Strong communication

Autonomy

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in English, communications, linguistics, or related field

Tools

MS Word

PowerPoint

Visio

JIRA

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks an experienced Technical Writer to partner with the Test & Evaluation group to generate and maintain developmental test and operation-focused technical documentation.

You will work closely with test engineers, pilots, and SMEs to understand usage, identify gaps, and close them with clear, high-quality artifacts. The role shapes tone, quality, and infrastructure for documentation at scale across product development.