Technical Writer II
AMERICAN SYSTEMS
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: McLean • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Work with the technical implementation teams to understand the product document requirements.
- Create and edit high-quality technical documentation for mobile applications, including software and system architecture, design, and product requirements.
- Assist in the creation and submission of documentation required for compliance with our Quality Management System.
- Assist in establishing and continuously improving the standardization and simplification of technical writing processes, procedures, and style guidelines.
- Contribute to documentation development lifecycle improvements
- Convert legacy/previous formatting to latest formatting/style guidelines.
- Create documentation based on standardized templates.
- Analyze and edit content to maintain continuity of style and content.
- Assess the audience needs for whom the technical and procedural documentation is intended.
- Conduct document reviews and collect input from stakeholders.
- Create data flow diagrams, component diagrams, and similar technical illustrations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Secret Clearance or the ability to obtain a Secret clearance
- U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance
- At least 2 (two) years of experience in:
- Writing technical reports, analyzing technical literature, writing descriptive copy, and verifying documentation with appropriate sources.
- Ability to use various word-processing and desktop publishing software applications, including Microsoft Office Suite, ADOBE CC, HTML, and XML.
- S1000D specification for the production of technical publications.
Benefits
- comprehensive benefits package
- work-life support
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
technical documentationtechnical writingdata flow diagramscomponent diagramsS1000D specificationwriting technical reportsanalyzing technical literaturewriting descriptive copyverifying documentation
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationattention to detailaudience assessmentstakeholder engagement
Certifications
Bachelor’s DegreeSecret Clearance