The Role
Develops, edits, publishes, and manages technical, engineering, logistics, cybersecurity, training, and sustainment documentation for a NATO SATCOM modernization program. Responsibilities include creating manuals and IETPs, managing formal contract deliverables, supporting requirements and configuration management, producing cybersecurity and integrated product support documentation, coordinating reviews and approvals, and ensuring customer-ready technical accuracy across the system lifecycle.
Summary Generated by Built In
Title: Technical Writer (Remote)Location: This position is open to candidates residing in locations where Fairwinds Technologies is currently registered to employ. Current eligible locations include the DMV area, FL, GA, SC, NC, NY, CO, and TX. Eligible locations are subject to change based on business needs and employment registration requirements. Clearance Requirement: Active Secret Security Clearance required at time of employmentCompensation Range: $65,197 - $105,197 annually (dependent upon experience)Travel Requirement: N/ARequired QualificationsEducationExperience
- Develop, edit, maintain, and publish technical manuals, operation manuals, maintenance manuals, installation guides, deployment instructions, training materials, engineering documentation, and product support documentation.
- Create and maintain technical publications supporting system operation, troubleshooting, preventive and corrective maintenance, fault isolation, software updates, and hardware replacement activities.
- Develop and manage Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (IETP) utilizing Markdown-based publishing tools and approved customer delivery platforms.
- Produce formal contract deliverables including project management plans, quality assurance plans, configuration management plans, integrated product support plans, status reports, acceptance reports, and sustainment documentation.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to create and maintain requirements traceability matrices, system architecture documentation, interface descriptions, compliance documentation, and design review materials.
- Develop integrated product support documentation including reliability reports, FMECA documentation, provisioning data, obsolescence reporting, and PHST documentation.
- Support development of training plans, instructor guides, student guides, lesson plans, training presentations, examinations, and knowledge transfer materials.
- Develop and maintain cybersecurity documentation, including incident management plans, operating procedures, accreditation packages, security testing documentation, and compliance reports.
- Support document review, approval, revision control, baseline management, and engineering change activities.
- Conduct quality reviews to ensure technical accuracy, consistency, formatting compliance, and customer acceptance readiness.
- Manage document repositories, document classification, revision histories, publishing workflows, and deliverable schedules.
- Work directly with subject matter experts, engineers, logisticians, trainers, and customer representatives to ensure documentation accuracy and completeness.
- Associate’s degree in Technical Communication, English, Journalism, Communications, Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
- Equivalent military or defense-industry technical writing experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.
- Minimum of 8 years of professional technical writing experience.
- Experience supporting defense, aerospace, SATCOM, telecommunications, engineering, logistics, sustainment, or government programs.
- Demonstrated experience producing complex technical and engineering documentation.
- Experience working directly with engineers, technical subject matter experts, and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Experience supporting documentation through review, approval, publication, and configuration-control processes.
- Experience managing document repositories and version-controlled documentation environments.
Compensation - Salary
At Fairwinds, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience. Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, location and experience. Additional incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full time, exempt position.
Work Authorization/Security Clearance:
Must be eligible to work in the US.
AAP/EEO Statement
Fairwinds Technologies, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
Location:
This position is open to candidates residing in locations where Fairwinds Technologies is currently registered to employ. Current eligible locations include the DMV area, FL, GA, SC, NC, NY, CO, and TX. Eligible locations are subject to change based on business needs and employment registration requirements.
Skills Required
- Associate's degree in Technical Communication, English, Journalism, Communications, Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related discipline; equivalent military or defense-industry technical writing experience may substitute.
- Minimum of 8 years of professional technical writing experience.
- Experience supporting defense, aerospace, SATCOM, telecommunications, engineering, logistics, sustainment, or government programs.
- Demonstrated experience producing complex technical and engineering documentation.
- Experience working directly with engineers, technical subject matter experts, and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Experience supporting documentation through review, approval, publication, and configuration-control processes.
- Experience managing document repositories and version-controlled documentation environments.
- Must be eligible to work in the United States.
- Active Secret security clearance required at time of employment.
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The Company
What We Do
Fairwinds Technologies is a systems integrator and engineering services company that offers a full spectrum of communications solutions from planning and design to implementation and post deployment support. Offering integrated, reliable and affordable solutions, Fairwinds believes working closely with Customers to design and develop a custom, technical design that best fits their requirements is paramount. This level of service sets our company apart from agencies that sell pre-packaged box solutions that may not fully meet a complex need. Today, highly mobile, interoperable, rugged, and secure technology; anywhere – anytime is expected and Fairwinds delivers. We service land, maritime and airborne Customer requirements domestically and internationally.
