NAVWAR Technical Writer

Worker Type
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Regular

In support of the Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC) contract, you will be a part of our team’s efforts to empower the Department of Defense’s navigation warfare (NAVWAR) mission ensuring positioning, navigation, and timing superiority. Our mission is to provide combatant commanders and joint force commanders with subject matter expertise on planning and conducting NAVWAR by providing knowledge of friendly and enemy NAVWAR Order of Battle and PNT-related successes and threats.

• Review content of technical engineering documentation for quality.
• Produce technical engineering and scientific illustrations for presentations and/or publication, as appropriate to the requirements.
• Ensure that documents follow the style laid out in the style guide.
• Create documents for publication both within the organization and externally using input from team members, stakeholders, research sources, and other content providers.
• Write various technical articles, reports, brochures, and/or manuals for documentation for various uses.
• Integrate graphics, text, and other media to create presentations and publications.
• Coordinate production.
• Proofread and edit correspondence, documents, memoranda, presentations, and other publication materials to ensure they conform to DoD spelling, grammar, and style standards.
• Assist content providers in identifying the appropriate medium and format for presentations and publications.
• Ensure content is of high quality and conforms to standards.
• Oversee preparation of illustrative materials, selecting drawings, sketches, diagrams, and charts. Conduct quality reviews of materials.
• Produce, proofread, edit, and format technical documentation, including design specifications, manuals, online help, procedures, plans, and proposals. Edit and format information for consumption through various media channels, including printed materials, scripted voice content, email, websites, and other electronic access points. Gather information, interview subject matter experts, and conduct other research to convey technical material in a concise and effective manner.

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical Writing, English, Communication, or equivalent discipline is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• 5-8 years’ experience as a technical writer/editor in the aviation, aerospace, or defense field with Bachelor’s degree OR Prefer prior editing experience with DoD or government agencies.
• BA/BS in English, communications, journalism, computer science, web design, engineering, or a related field.
• Prefer Certified Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC), Certified Technical Professional (CTP) or other equivalent.
• Current SECRET clearance.

Secret

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction.

Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on Aero Vironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with Aero Vironment’s business requirements. A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee.

See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit:

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