Technical Writer — Aerospace IETMs & S1000D

General Atomics; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is seeking a mid-level technical publications professional to develop and coordinate engineering and scientific documents, procedures, manuals, and related materials. You will plan timelines, draft content, and ensure accuracy for the customer audience, collaborating with management and engineering teams.

Responsibilities include creating statements of work, cost estimates, and coordinating document production, edits, and release while adhering to

Qualifications

• Typically requires education or formal training equivalent to the completion of an associate's degree in a related discipline and six or more years progressive experience in a technical field.
• Two or more years of management/customer interface is a plus.
• Equivalent experience may be substituted in lieu of education/training.
• Experience creating IETMs (Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals) for the military is highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Under general supervision, coordinates with assignments to determine appropriate timelines, content, and format for the development of comprehensive engineering/scientific technical documents.
• Under general supervision, develops detailed plans, statements of work, cost estimates and proposals for technical document production.
• Under general supervision, coordinates aspects of preparing technical documents, including editing, to meet specified content and deadlines, including changes/modifications.
• Under general supervision, coordinates the identification, accumulation, and analysis of appropriate technical information and data, including interviewing technical experts, observing processes, and researching and analyzing technical data and publications.
• May participate with engineering/scientific teams to resolve technical/operational issues.
• Serves as a specialist to management and customer by participating in technical documentation reviews and making customer related presentations as required.
• Under general supervision, may coordinate reproduction, release, distribution, and appropriate storage of documents.
• May represent the organization as a secondary or alternate contact on assigned project(s).
• May recommend new and/or modifications to documentation policies and procedures.
• May provide guidance in the document security classification process.
• May provide guidance and training to teams of experienced technical professionals.

Skills

Leadership

Technical writing

IETMs experience

S1000D knowledge

Customer interface

Education

Associate's degree in related discipline

Tools

XML tooling

IETMs tooling

Editing software

Job description

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is seeking a mid-level technical publications professional to develop and coordinate engineering and scientific documents, procedures, manuals, and related materials. You will plan timelines, draft content, and ensure accuracy for the customer audience, collaborating with management and engineering teams.

Responsibilities include creating statements of work, cost estimates, and coordinating document production, edits, and release while adhering to