Principal Technical Editor Writer – Regional Apps Technical Writer (26-218)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Missile Defense Integration offers an excellent opportunity for a Principal Technical Editor Writer – Regional Apps Technical Writer (26-218) to join our team of talented and diverse professionals. Located in Colorado Springs, CO or Huntsville, AL, this role is essential to supporting the U.S. President, the Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at the strategic, regional, and operational levels. 

 

This position does not provide relocation assistance and requires on-site work with no remote options. 

 

Position Overview: 

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is a key component of the Missile Defense System. It enables the U.S. president, secretary of defense, and combatant commanders to plan missile defense operations, monitor battles, and control sensors and weapon systems worldwide. C2BMC supports layered missile defense against threats across all ranges and flight phases. It enhances performance by networking and synchronizing sensors and weapon systems at global and regional levels. C2BMC is required for all ground and flight tests verifying missile defense capabilities. 

 

In this role the candidate will serve as a Technical Writer on the Regional Apps Agile Release Train (RA ART). The candidate will work with the RA leadership and RA product teams to prepare documentation that communicates technical details about the C2BMC Regional software to internal and external customers. The candidate will support the preparation of C2BMC plans, procedures and processes that are the responsibility of the RA ART. The candidate will work within the RA ART and plan work based on customer requirements and program contractual agreements, and schedule. 

 

Essential Functions: 

• The RA ART Technical Writer will be responsible for ensuring RA technical documentation is created and updated using the most current industry, DoD documentation and applicable program standards. 
• Responsible for leading the creation, update and delivery of RA ART documentation to include; Algorithm Design Documentation (ADD), Functional Area Design Documentation (FADDs), applicable Appendices to other program documentation, Program Plans, Procedures and Process that are the responsibility of the RA ART. 
• Will be responsible for tracking documentation dues dates, developing plans to complete, collation of inputs from RA product teams to prepare draft and final versions, coordination across RA product teams to tracking progress, identifying risks and dependencies, and providing updates to RA leadership, as requested. 
• Collaborating with and gathering feedback from RA Engineers, Leadership, and other stakeholders on draft documents for incorporation into final documents.  
• Seek out detailed software design and architecture information from existing documentation, and development projects as source material for documentation being created or modified.  
• Updating information repositories such as Confluence, Jira, and SharePoint.  
• Track and meet scheduled deadlines for documentation deliverables. Any other required tasks by the program. 

 

Basic Qualifications: 

  

Please list your current security clearance and IAT or relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable. 

  

• A Bachelor’s Degree in a related field from an accredited university, along with 5 years of experience; or a Master’s degree in a related field with 3