Technical Writer

Arcfield; Middletown (RI); On-site; USD 46,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcfield is seeking an aspiring, enthusiastic Technical Writer to support a dynamic team providing systems engineering and software development support for critical submarine systems for the U.S. Navy.

You will write, edit, and manage documentation, coordinate with technical leads, and maintain version control across Confluence, SharePoint, and related sites, while contributing to continuous improvement of content and processes.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience writing, updating, and maintaining technical systems documentation.
• Exceptional technical writing skills with ability to draft, edit, and refine reports, summaries, and presentations.
• Strong Microsoft Word and PowerPoint skills.
• Experience with Confluence and Wiki tools.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance within one year.

Responsibilities

• Support writing, rewriting, and editing of documents for upcoming deliverables and customer reviews.
• Edit draft content for completeness, accuracy, clarity, brevity, correct language use, compliance, consistency, flow, and alignment with style guides.
• Manage all documentation versions including centralization, configuration management, and master document lists.
• Provide media content management within Confluence, SharePoint, and other sites.
• Support model-based document auto-generation setup and content maintenance.
• Prepare Weekly and Monthly Status Reports.
• Assist with preparing meeting materials and distributing minutes and action items.
• Coordinate and schedule all formal contract documentation deliverables.
• Collaborate with technical leads and SMEs to plan long-term content improvements.
• Assist in documenting and maintaining internal processes.
• Mentor others and foster collaboration.

Skills

Technical writing

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Confluence

SharePoint

Documentation management

Editorial skills

Security clearance

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Confluence

SharePoint

OneDrive

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Responsibilities

Arcfield is looking for an aspiring, enthusiastic Technical Writer to support a dynamic team providing systems engineering and software development support for critical submarine systems for the U.S. Navy. If you're passionate about producing useful technical content with an engineering team, leveraging cutting-edge tools, and making a significant impact, this is the opportunity for you.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the writing, rewriting, and editing of documents in response to upcoming deliverables and customer reviews.
• Edit draft content by reviewing for completeness, accuracy, clarity, brevity, correct language use, compliance, consistency, flow, tone, organization, and alignment with specified style guide(s).
• Manage all documentation versions including centralization, configuration management, and master document lists.
• Provide media content management within Confluence, SharePoint, and other team-related sites.
• Support model-based document auto-generation setup and content maintenance.
• Collection and preparation of Weekly and Monthly Status Reports.
• Support technical meetings and various reviews through preparation of meeting materials, recording/distribution of meeting minutes and action items.
• Coordination and scheduling of all formal contract documentation deliverables.
• Collaborate with technical leads and subject matter experts to formulate long-term improvement plans and update technical content.
• Assist with documenting, maintaining, and using internal documentation processes.
• Contribute to and benefit from maintaining a collaborative environment - expanding skills and mentoring others.

Qualifications

Position Requirements:

• HS 3-4
• Minimum of 2-3 years of experience writing, updating, and maintaining technical systems documentation for a team
• Demonstrate exceptional technical writing skills, with the ability to draft, edit, and refine reports, summaries, presentations, and other technical documentation
• Strong Microsoft Word and PowerPoint skills
• Experience with Confluence and/or similar Wiki tools
• Ability to quickly learn new software, tools, and technical concepts
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance within one year of employment

Additional Skills of Interest:

• Familiarity integrating graphics into documents
• Demonstrated experience and willingness to be a technical writer and editor when producing content
• Experience with Microsoft Excel, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams, including using document collaboration and content management / authoring tools
• Experience providing technical writing, particularly submarine-related systems, for Federal Government, specifically U.S. Navy
• Understanding of Government contracts, CDRLs, and Data Item Descriptions (DIDs)
• Experience with process improvement methods, practices, and procedures
• Experience in an Agile-driven, Scrum team-centric development environment

Equal Pay Act

This is the projected compensation range for this position. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, Arcfield invests in its employees beyond just compensation. Arcfield ’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.Min: $46,012.92Max: $80,676.00

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.