Technical Writer I: Ship Systems Documentation

Nassco; Northern, San Diego (KY, CA); Hybrid; USD 67,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) retirement savings plan

HSAs

Life and disability insurance

Paid holidays

PTO

Wellness coaching

Onsite health services

Job summary

General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego seeks a technical writer to develop ship-specific manuals from engineering data, ensuring contract compliance and alignment with Logistics Support Information.

You will collaborate with ILS provisioning, vendors, and customers to review, format, and validate manuals, and support ad hoc documentation projects. A Bachelor's degree in Communications or a related field and strong English, Office/PDF skills are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications/English or a technical discipline.
• Ability to read, interpret engineering drawings, diagrams, schematics and related documents.
• Strong written and verbal English skills; ability to translate complex content clearly.
• Attention to detail and adherence to contract requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop preliminary and final technical manuals per standards with supervision.
• Review equipment manuals for content and format against contract requirements.
• Prepare review comments on manuals using standardized forms.
• Support senior staff and supervision in resolving technical issues with customers and regulators.
• Contribute to ad hoc documentation projects and maintain team collaboration.

Skills

English proficiency

Technical writing

Interpreting drawings

Content translation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications/English or technical discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office

PDF editor

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Job description

General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego seeks a technical writer to develop ship-specific manuals from engineering data, ensuring contract compliance and alignment with Logistics Support Information.

You will collaborate with ILS provisioning, vendors, and customers to review, format, and validate manuals, and support ad hoc documentation projects. A Bachelor's degree in Communications or a related field and strong English, Office/PDF skills are required.