Title:  Senior Associate Technical Writing

Job Title: Senior Associate Technical Writer

Job Code: 24963

Job Location: Ashburn, VA

Job Description:

L3Harris is currently seeking a professional Technical Writer to join this expanding team. The successful applicant will be responsible for creating technical documents and manuals, training materials, explain complex information in a clear and concise manner, and working with engineering and program management staff to ensure accuracy of product descriptions. If you have experience as a Technical Writer in the aircraft, UAV or advanced technology industry, we invite you to consider a position on our creative and highly motivated team in Ashburn, Virginia. Visit L3Harris.com for more information and to submit your application.

Essential Functions:

• Produces operational procedural and maintenance manuals in accordance with MIL-STD-38784, MIL-DTL-87929, and MIL-DTL-38807 specifications using ArborText Editor
• Prepares academic operation, maintenance, and repair presentations.
• Converts CAD products into illustrations for manuals and training materials using Creo Illustrate
• Operates company products to develop and V&V product manuals and academics
• Interfaces with other vendors to understand their products’ operation and integration with ours
• Designs and develops suites of academic training materials to include curriculum, instructor and student guides, presentations and briefings, video tutorials, tests, and evaluation sheets
• Interviews technical subject matter experts to obtain knowledge for documentation development and updates
• Completes validation and verification (V&V) of technical manuals

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.
• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance required
• Must work on-site in company facilities in Ashburn, VA.
• Willing to travel approximately 20% annually.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with ArborText Editor, ArborText Styler, and Creo Illustrate, or similar applications
• Experience authoring DoD technical manuals IAW S1000D, Issue 4.1+, MIL-DTL-24784/22 & /23, MIL-STD-3001, and MIL-STD-38784
• Experience authoring in XML within a Common Source Data Base (CSDB) 
• Experience with Illustrated Parts Breakdowns (IPBs) (generating parts catalogs)
• Experience using Creo Illustrate, or similar applications, to produce MIL-STD graphics
• Experience with XML tagging, profiling, and target audience publishing
• Experience with building training systems, such as video tutorials and computer-based training (CBT)
• Proficiency in MS Office applications, particularly Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.