Technical Author​/Technical Documentation Writer

Technical Author / Technical Documentation Writer

MBDA invites applications for the Technical Author role based in Stevenage.

Salary: up to £43,000 depending on experience.

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days in the office per week.

Security Clearance: British Citizen or Dual UK nationality; BPSS required.

• Company bonus:
  Up to £2,500 (based on company performance)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution up to 14%
• Paid overtime opportunity
• Flexi Leave:
  Up to 15 additional days
• Enhanced parental leave: up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave; enhancements for paternity, neonatal leave and fertility testing/treatments
• Facilities:
  Sub‑sidised meals, free car parking and more
• Training and Development:
  Excellent career progression and development opportunities
• Possible relocation support

• Analyse, develop and deliver technical publications for MBDA’s complex portfolio across Air, Land and Sea domains.
• Collaborate with multi‑disciplined internal and international teams across industry and government groups.
• Ensure design teams understand the publication development, production and maintenance processes.
• Participate in demonstration or process‑proving activities at MBDA sites or customer locations in the UK or overseas.
• Maintain high‑standard technical publication records, reports, and documentation.

• Authoring specialist to support and develop complex engineering descriptive and procedural documentation.
• Experience in technical authoring essential; expertise in SGML required, with ability to adapt to other authoring formats desirable.
• Familiar with S1000D authoring tools, BREX, CSDB environment and related reports.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a willing, helpful and calm professional manner.
• Experience or knowledge of military environments for operation and maintenance technical publications (preferable).
• Willingness to travel within the UK and overseas.
• Experience liaising with product suppliers in support of technical publication technologies.

Stevenage, United Kingdom.

Associate

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Defense and Space Manufacturing