Technical Writer for Engineering & DoD Documentation

Optimus Technology; Columbia (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium health, dental, and vision

Company funded HRA

401k company contributions

Employer paid group term life

Tuition assistance and career dev

Short-term and long-term disability

Paid time off

Referral bonuses

Company outings

Job summary

Optimus Technology, a SDVO small business founded in 2010, is seeking a Technical Writer to prepare, review, and maintain comprehensive technical publications for hardware and software products. The role involves collaborating with engineers to produce end-user guides, installation manuals, and training materials for defense-related projects and cryptologic programs.

You will write clear technical copy from engineering sources, maintain a documentation library, and ensure accuracy across all

Qualifications

• Assist in preparing and maintaining operations documentation, user guides and manuals and technical publications
• Understand basic concepts and write technical copy for various types of documents
• Gather technical information, prepares written text
• Maintain a current internal documentation library
• Use multiple word processing and presentation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio etc.
• Prepare and maintain operations documentation, user guides and manuals and technical publications
• Work with developers to produce quality documentation and training materials
• Work on all phases of documentation
• Understand basic concepts and write technical copy for various types of documents for a program/project of similar complexity
• Prepare reports, responses, and briefings targeted to a wide range of audiences
• Coordinate layout and design of documents
• Research highly technical subject matter, organizes information from multiples sources, and express technical information in written form that is comprehensible to a wide audience of readers
• Under general direction, write technical copy for various types of documents for a program/project of similar complexity
• Apply concepts for technical writing based on engineering drawings, technical information from engineering documentation, consultations with engineers and subject matter experts, and other available sources
• Produce defense acquisition documentation, user manuals, training manuals, and other documentation utilized by the end-user community of DoD electronic equipment and systems
• Interpret engineering and maintenance drawings, operational procedures to understand and blend large quantities of computer related information
• Produce technical documentation for Cryptologic programs or projects developing analytic tradecraft methodologies
• Apply technical manual standard NSA DS-89 to work products

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain operations documentation, user guides and manuals and technical publications
• Work with developers to produce quality documentation and training materials
• Work on all phases of documentation
• Prepare reports, responses, and briefings targeted to a wide range of audiences
• Coordinate layout and design of documents

Skills

Technical writing

Editing

Detail oriented

Tools

MS Word

PowerPoint

Visio

Job description

Optimus Technology, a SDVO small business founded in 2010, is seeking a Technical Writer to prepare, review, and maintain comprehensive technical publications for hardware and software products. The role involves collaborating with engineers to produce end-user guides, installation manuals, and training materials for defense-related projects and cryptologic programs.

You will write clear technical copy from engineering sources, maintain a documentation library, and ensure accuracy across all