What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Writer position at Detroit Defense?
Description
Veterans Encouraged to Apply: Detroit Defense proudly supports those who have served. We welcome applicants with military experience, including those transitioning to civilian careers. Your leadership, adaptability, and mission-focused mindset are valued here. Detroit Defense is a 3x recipient of the Hire Vets Gold Medallion Award.
Detroit Defense is seeking an experienced Technical Writer in our Logistics Department, to perform technical writing, editing and revising of Army Technical Manuals (TMs).
This Technical Writer will work with both U.S. Army and Contractor personnel including engineers, designers, and technicians and logisticians to perform maintenance task analysis and develop technical documentation to support fielding, operation and maintenance of platform integrated systems. The ideal Technical Writer is proactive, eager to learn, and can view problems analytically and act on them effectively.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Military writing and editing conventions, as well as graphic standards
- Technical Publication production processes including researching specs and drawings
- Creating content, coding work packages
- Working as part of a team providing support services in creating/updating Technical Manual development
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in an applicable field of study is required
- Ability to obtain a Common Access Card, and a Government Security Clearance
- A minimum of four years of relevant Department of Defense Technical Writing experience is required
- Ability to write a variety of technical articles, customized reports, technical data, brochures, training materials, and/or manuals
- Responsible for coordinating the display of graphics and the production of the document
- Familiar with a variety of Technical Writing concepts, practices, and procedures. Must be proficient in sentence structure and the use of the English language and grammar
- Performs editorial and quality assurance support for document preparation and delivery
Detroit Defense offers an impressive compensation and benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits
- Company Paid Life and AD&D
- Company Paid Short Term and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending & HSA Accounts
- Legal & ID Shield Services
- 401k with Company Match
- Paid holidays, vacation, and sick days
Why Detroit Defense:
At Detroit Defense, we deliver mission-critical solutions that enhance national security, protect the warfighter, and enable readiness through innovation, technical excellence, and end-to-end lifecycle support.
Remaining steadfast in our core values of Trustworthy, Mission Driven, Creative, and Agile we are a complex systems integrator for the U.S. Government, Detroit Defense provides solutions to meet the technical and programmatic challenges faced by our customers. Our proven success in multi-domain cross-platform system-of-systems integration results in fielded capability for warfighters. From R&D to production, fielding, and sustainment, Detroit Defense provides services and solutions to Empower Those That protect Us.
Detroit Defense is a proud recipient of the 2022, 2023 & 2024 Hire Vets Gold Medallion Award.
Detroit Defense is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity or gender expression), age, mental or physical disability, creed, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, medical condition, genetic trait or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.