Senior Technical Writer - Military & Aerospace (9/80)

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Specialist, Technical Writing in Salt Lake City. The role focuses on extracting technical information from complex data, and delivering high-quality manuals and documents across O&M, TOs, TMs, and User manuals.

Candidates should have strong editing, writing and coordination skills, with team leadership experience and the ability to adapt to changing priorities. Occasional travel and security-clearance eligibility are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Responsibilities

• Research and analyze detailed technical data to extract information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong editing, proofreading, and formatting skills.
• Coordinate with engineers, customer reps, SMEs, vendors, and technicians.
• Lead team and mentor employees at various experience levels.
• Adapt to changing priorities, manage workloads and budgets.
• Author O&M Manuals, TOs, TMs, User’s Manuals and related docs.
• Knowledge of MIL-STD-38784, MIL-STD-40051, MIL-DTL-38807, S1000D requirements.
• XML/SGML stylesheet and scripting integration.
• S1000D and IETM experience.
• CSDB development standards and best practices.
• Experience with Earned Value and project management.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal comms

Editing, proofreading, formatting

Team leadership

Time management

Earned Value & project management

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Graduate degree

10 years related experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Adobe Acrobat

XML/SGML

S1000D

IETM

CSDB development standards

Job description

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Specialist, Technical Writing in Salt Lake City. The role focuses on extracting technical information from complex data, and delivering high-quality manuals and documents across O&M, TOs, TMs, and User manuals.

Candidates should have strong editing, writing and coordination skills, with team leadership experience and the ability to adapt to changing priorities. Occasional travel and security-clearance eligibility are expected.