Specialized IETM Technical Writer 
Pay Rate: Up to $68/hour
Type: Contract for approximately one year and could be extended
Location: Onsite in Elkridge, MD
*REQUIRES ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE TO BE CONSIDERED*

Job Description:
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a specialized IETM Technical Writer. The successful candidates will join our high-performing team in developing technical manual content for advanced Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar military systems.  

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Writes, rewrites, develops technical manual content such as Operating Procedures, Maintenance procedures, troubleshooting procedures, Preventive Maintenance, to communicate clearly and effectively technical information and instructions to the military end-user
  

• Oversees development of illustrative materials, selecting drawings, sketches, diagrams and charts
  

• Conducts quality review of materials

• Authors and publishes materials in electronic (basic and interactive), structured (HTML, XML)

• Collaborates with task leads, writers, engineers, and instructors, to develop and deliver technical manuals to varying levels of details

• Researches and compile information from program documents, engineering sources, et al. to develop manual outlines and adhere to military specifications and standards of technical writing

• Performs other duties as assigned

Required:

• Successful candidates will have excellent communications and interpersonal skills, be proactive, possess excellent problem-solving and organizational skills, and be self-motivated.  information technology -based sensors/systems
  

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM discipline or related field
  

  • Or Military operations and maintenance experience with radar, communications, electro-optics, networks and information technology-based sensors/systems
    

  • Or proven mechanical aptitude demonstrated by job experience required for grasping the maintenance part of the technical manuals
    

  
  

• Ability to comprehend military specifications (experience with MIL-STD-40051 a plus)

• Proficiency with MS Office Products
  

• Proficiency with Adobe Acrobat
  

• Experience tagging XML documents
  

• Minimum of two (2) years’ technical writing experience with structured authoring applications, such as Arbortext, and/or IADS viewer or other XML authoring software tools
  

• Experience using Confluence/JIRA
  

• Proven ability to manage several tasks simultaneously
  

• Excellent attention to detail and good organizational skills

• Possess and maintain Department of Defense (DoD) Secret clearance

• Self-starter and engaged team member 

Desired:

• Minimum of five (5) years’ technical writing experience with structured authoring applications, such as Arbortext, and/or IADS viewer, or other XML authoring software tools

• Expert knowledge of standards – XML, HTML
  

• Possess and maintain DoD Secret clearance
  

• Self-starter and engaged team member 

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What happens next:
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