Technical Writer (DC, NoVA)

Stellar Science; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedules

SEP IRA

Health insurance

Dental, disability, and life insurance

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Stellar Science is seeking a talented technical writer to produce and edit technical reports, proposals, and software user documentation for scientists and developers. The role supports teams at our Albuquerque, NM headquarters or Tysons Corner, VA office, in an agile software environment.

The successful candidate will learn new concepts quickly, create clear workflows, and collaborate with distributed teams. Strong MS Word, version control experience, and self-motivation are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of five years of technical writing experience.
• Experience with user-focused writing and documentation.
• Ability to edit highly technical and scientific documentation.
• Excellent MS Word skills.
• Experience with version control systems.
• Excellent communication skills within a distributed organization.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Write and edit scientific technical reports.
• Edit technical proposals describing novel research.
• Deliver high-quality technical documentation.
• Create and maintain help files for software products.
• Create training documentation.
• Work in an agile software development environment.

Skills

Technical writing

Editing

Communication

Multi-tasking

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Markdown

Sphinx

Git

Documentation as code

SharePoint

Job description

Stellar Science is a growing scientific software development company that develops custom software products and performs research and development in multiple high-tech domains. We are seeking a talented technical writer to write and edit technical reports, technical proposals, and software user documentation in support of scientists and software developers at our headquarters in Albuquerque, NM or in our office in Tysons Corner, VA. Join our unique, collaborative team to help create leading-edge scientific software documentation in fascinating domains including space situational awareness, computer vision, directed energy, metamaterials, and biothermal modeling.

This position requires excellent writing and editing skills and the ability to quickly learn new concepts while working in an agile software development environment with multiple software products. A willingness to dig into software to learn the products and document user workflows is also required.

This individual will:

• Write and edit scientific technical reports
• Edit technical proposals describing novel research
• Deliver high-quality technical documentation
• Create and maintain help files for software products
• Create training documentation
• Work in an agile software development environment

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum five years of technical writing experience
• Experience with user-focused writing and documentation
• Ability to edit highly technical and scientific documentation
• Excellent MS Word skills
• Experience with version control systems
• Excellent communication skills to include working within a distributed organization
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
• Previous experience working in an agile software development environment
• Self-starter with a strong work ethic

Desired qualifications

• Experience with Markdown, Sphinx, and documentation as code
• Experience with Git and command-line shells
• Ability to create video training
• Experience implementing SharePoint workspaces

Stellar Science is a forward-thinking business that provides its employees with many benefits

• Flexible work schedules
• A generous fully employer-funded SEP IRA
• Fully employer-funded health insurance
• Dental, disability, and life insurance
• Eleven paid federal holidays (which may be floated as desired)
• Accrue three weeks of paid time off (PTO) annually

Due to our work with the Department of Defense, applicants must be U.S. citizens and must be willing to undergo a background investigation.