Principal/Sr. Principal Technical Editor and Writer - 11468-1

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

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 Defense Systems is seeking an Principal/Sr. Principal Technical Editor and Writer. This position is located in Roy, Utah and supports the Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) Division.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You’ll Get To Do:

• The Technical Editor and Writer will develop and maintain process documentation, while ensuring compliance and conformance with higher-level policies, processes, and procedures.

• They will provide guidance with interpreting process documentation, as well as navigating the necessary tools for creating and maintaining documentation, to assure compliance.

• They will work directly with all functional organizations to ensure compliance throughout all process categories of the SDS Division Quality Management System process documentation.

• Authoring, editing, and reviewing technical process documents for accuracy and consistency with prescribed style, formatting, metadata, and templates

• Coordinating process document inputs and content for new and revision from technical teams

• Maintaining and improving process document templates

• Adhering to naming conventions and process document standards.

• Reviewing documentation to ensure adherence to Division process standards, ease of use, logical order of tasks, etc.

• Establishing and maintaining accurate document metadata properties in conformance with the SDS Asset Library

• Establish strong working relationships and collaboration across multiple programs and all functional organizations

• This position requires a detail-oriented candidate with strong technical writing experience and natural process acumen, and ability to:

• Understand technical documentation issues from multiple viewpoints

• Communicate in a precise manner (written and verbal)

• Demonstrate a high standard of accountability

• Act and prioritize with urgency

Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

• 401k

• Educational Assistance

• Life Insurance

• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions

• Paid Time Off

• Health & Wellness Resources

• Employee Discounts

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

Job Qualifications

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Principal Tech Editor and Writer (AO3): Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of technical writing experience; or 3 years with Masters; or 1 Year with PhD.

• Senior Principal Tech Editor and Writer (AO4): Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of technical writing experience; or 6 years with Masters; or 4 Year with PhD.

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD security clearance (Secret, Top Secret; etc.)

• Experience with processing technical writing activities and development of standards for style, formatting, and/or quality

• Experience in the Microsoft Office suite of tools including Word, PowerPoint, and/or Excel

• Familiar with defense industry processes, procedures, manuals, work instructions and/or other process documents