Senior Technical Writer

The Ash Group; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 57,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Job summary

The Ash Group seeks a Senior Technical Writer for a 6-month contract in Sterling Heights, MI. This on-site role requires creating and revising complex documentation to support high-tech aerospace products and defense solutions, ensuring compliance with standards and government requirements.

Candidates should have a technical degree, defense industry experience, and strong XML authoring and CMS skills. The position offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, including 401(k) after six

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Creates and revises complex technical documentation for marketing, operation, repair, and maintenance of company products.
• Ensures documents conform to government standards and language usage principles.
• Produces documentation using advanced publishing tools, including IPB, procedures, and technical literature.
• Researches with engineering staff to translate drawings and data into documentation.
• Evaluates illustrations/graphics for effective integration into docs.
• Provides time and cost estimates for project content and may interface with customers on technical issues.
• Participates in reviews and validation efforts for technical writing assignments.

Skills

Defense industry experience

XML authoring experience

MS Office proficiency

CMS experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Arbortext Epic Editor

Oxygen XML Editor

Adobe Acrobat Pro

CMS

MS Office

Job description

*** US Citizens or Green Card Holder Only. No C2C or 3rd Parties ***

The Ash Group is hiring a Technical Writer, Senior (24739) for our client, a high-tech aerospace and defense contractor delivering complex technology solutions for national security and space exploration. This is a 6-month contract position working in Sterling Heights, MI 48312 (on-site). We are offering a pay rate up to $50/hr W2 based on skill set.

• Compensation: Up to $50/hr W2 based on skill set
• Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, and direct primary care benefits. After six months of employment, enjoy a 4% matched 401(k) plan with immediate 100% vesting.
• Duration: 6-month contract
• Location: Sterling Heights, MI 48312 (on-site)

What You’ll Be Doing

• Creates and revises complex technical documentation to support the marketing, operation, repair, and maintenance of company products.
• Ensures documents conform to company and government standards and specifications and language usage principles.
• Creates and revises technical documentation using state-of-the-art publishing software technology including product descriptions, detailed functional descriptions, operating procedures, fault isolation, maintenance and repair procedures, illustrated parts breakdown (IPB), miscellaneous reports, proposals, marketing literature, or other technical documentation pertaining to company products.
• Ensures compliance with customer requirements, government specifications, engineering standards, and language usage principles.
• Researches and consults with engineering staff on systems and equipment to create and revise technical documentation.
• Analyzes and interprets engineering drawings and other technical data to translate information into technical documentation.
• Evaluates illustrations and graphics to determine how to best utilize them within the documentation.
• Requests the creation of new illustrations/graphics or changes to existing illustrations/graphics.
• Assists in evaluating project requirements by providing time and cost estimates.
• May interface with customers on project content and technical issues.
• Participates in reviews and validation efforts (onsite and offsite) for technical writing assignments.
• Assists with overall design of technical documentation by providing input to format and style.
• May perform or participate in unit and/or system testing on (IETMs).

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, plus 5 additional years of relevant experience. Degrees must be from a US-accredited institution: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home.
• Defense Industry Experience.
• 5 yrs. exp. w/ XML Authoring Tool Experience (e.g. Arbortext Epic Editor and Oxygen software)
• MS Office Tools/Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint required; Access a plus)
• 5 yrs. exp. w/ Adobe Acrobat Professional PDF Software – proficient for use of illustration markups; or use of a similar PDF (electronic) markup tool
• Experience/Knowledge required in the defense industry
• 5 yrs. exp. w/ Content Management System (CMS)