Principal, Technical Writer, Military Specifications 1 1

Salt Lake City, Utah

Employer: L-3 Technologies
Industry: 
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
Job Title: Principal, Technical Writing

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Code: 10829

Job Schedule: 9/80, every other Friday off

Essential Job Responsibilities:
  • Experience with creating S1000D data modules and managing S1000D projects
  • Advanced experience with Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and Extensible Markup Language (XML)
  • Experience authoring Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Manuals, Technical Orders (TOs), Technical Manuals (TMs), User's Manuals, and other related technical documents
  • Knowledge of and experience writing to military standard requirements (MIL-STD-38784, MIL-STD-40051, MIL-DTL-38807, etc.)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong editing and proofing skills
  • Capability to research and analyze detailed technical processes and extract technical information
  • Ability to coordinate with engineers, customer representatives, subject matter experts, vendors, customers and technical personnel as well as internal illustration team
  • Experience in project and time management and experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS)
  • Adaptable to changing priorities and workloads
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple publication efforts concurrently
  • Ability to format documents to meet contract requirements
  • Viewed by others as an expert within the technical writing discipline
  • Experience with coaching and training other employees within area of expertise
  • Focused on continuous improvement and innovation activities; can review, recommend, and support publications tools


Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Advanced knowledge of Adobe Acrobat and Adobe FrameMaker
  • Experience creating and integrating style sheets, programming scripts, XML and SGML programming, and FOSI programming


Preferred Qualificatons
  • Understanding of IETM and Common Source Database (CSDB) development standards, best practices, and protocols. CSDB management experience a plus.


Additional Information:
  • Occasional travel required
Created: 2024-05-03
Reference: 10829
Country: United States
State: Utah
City: Salt Lake City
ZIP: 84116

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