Senior Technical Editor & Writer – IETMs & MIL-STD

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Principal Technical Editor and Writer- Product Support in San Diego, CA. This role leads end-to-end documentation efforts for mission-critical aerospace programs.

You will transform how complex manuals are created, maintained, and delivered amid evolving platforms and regulatory demands, while collaborating with engineering teams and ensuring compliance with MIL-STD standards. Travel up to 10% may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience in IETM data module authoring and development using Spec1000D.
• Authoring experience with Arbortext, SGML and/or XML.
• Knowledge of MIL-STD-38784, MIL-STD-3048, Mil-STD-1808 and related guides.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering and sustainment teams to develop prompts and strategies.
• Maintain structured authoring environments and single-source repositories.
• Develop and sustain wiring Functional Flow Diagrams for IETMs.
• Author, rewrite and edit maintenance and user manuals.

Skills

IETM authoring

Arbortext

XML authoring

Spec1000D

MIL-STD-38784

JIRA

AGILE

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Astoria Navigator

SpecView IETM viewer

IPB

Illustration tools

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Principal Technical Editor and Writer- Product Support in San Diego, CA. This role leads end-to-end documentation efforts for mission-critical aerospace programs.

You will transform how complex manuals are created, maintained, and delivered amid evolving platforms and regulatory demands, while collaborating with engineering teams and ensuring compliance with MIL-STD standards. Travel up to 10% may be required.