AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.
ResponsibilitiesAs a Technical Writer II with AMERICAN SYSTEMS you will have the opportunity to do the following:
- Work with the technical implementation teams to understand the product document requirements.
- Assist in the creation and submission of documentation required for compliance with our Quality Management System.
- Assist in establishing and continuously improving the standardization and simplification of technical writing processes, procedures, and style guidelines.
- Contribute to documentation development lifecycle improvements
- Convert legacy/previous formatting to latest formatting/style guidelines.
- Create documentation based on standardized templates.
- Analyze and edit content to maintain continuity of style and content.
- Assess the audience needs for whom the technical and procedural documentation is intended.
- Conduct document reviews and collect input from stakeholders.
- Create data flow diagrams, component diagrams, and similar technical illustrations.
- This role is 100% on-site
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Systems.
- Secret Clearance or the ability to obtain a Secret clearance (US citizenship required).
- At least 2 (two) years of experience in: Writing technical reports, analyzing technical literature, writing descriptive copy, and verifying documentation with appropriate sources.
- Ability to use various word-processing and desktop publishing software applications. Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite required. Familiarity with Arbortext Editor, Adobe CC, Adobe Acrobat, HTML, and XML.S1000D specification to produce technical publications preferred.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Active SECRET Clearance and US Citizenship
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Systems
- Secret clearance or ability to obtain a Secret clearance
- U.S. citizenship
- At least two years of experience writing technical reports, analyzing technical literature, writing descriptive copy, and verifying documentation with appropriate sources
- Ability to use word-processing and desktop publishing software applications
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Active Secret clearance
- Familiarity with Arbortext Editor, Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Acrobat, HTML, XML, and S1000D
AMERICAN SYSTEMS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AMERICAN SYSTEMS and has not been reviewed or approved by AMERICAN SYSTEMS.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — The ESOP provides an ownership stake that adds long-term financial value and complements base pay. This employee-ownership structure stands out within the overall package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with automatic enrollment and broad investment options, alongside the ESOP, strengthens retirement pathways beyond salary. These features are presented as competitive within the defense contracting space.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Base pay is considered fair or comparable to industry peers, particularly for technical roles. Starting compensation is described as solid for areas like cybersecurity, systems administration, and IT engineering.
AMERICAN SYSTEMS Insights
What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
