Technical Writer
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Job Title: Technical Writer (Hybrid)
Location: 2 days onsite in Lexington MA
Job Type: W2 Contract
Background/Need:
The Group maintains and operates an airborne network wireless test bed in support of network research into tactical wireless communication systems. The test bed is composed of COTS switches routers and workstations integrated with customized or prototype government furnished devices. The infrastructure is distributed across several locations and includes aircraft and mobile ground assets.
These activities create an ongoing requirement for a highly skilled technical writer to create and to maintain the technical reference manuals for each of these systems and update critical databases.
The technical writer will receive complex and highly technical descriptions from developers and/or engineers and will be required to translate those descriptions into technical reference manuals.
The technical writer must be a highly skilled person who understands technical concepts down to the detail level and who can translate them into clear concise comprehensive documentation. The individual will be responsible for:
a) Consolidating manuals field guides and reference materials;
b) Developing and maintaining Wiki pages to collate data and information;
c) Creating a library of code written by staff.
In addition the individual will be required to run VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) simulations and document results along with performing functionality comparisons.
This job requires an experienced technical writer with an understanding of signal processing design trees and drawings and familiarity with communication hardware. A working knowledge of electrical engineering with a knowledge in RF and digital systems is highly desirable. The individual must be familiar with cables connectors miscellaneous parts etc. and general knowledge of functionality.
Must Have:
Microsoft Office Suite: Word Excel in particular.
Visio Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator: Engineering Diagramming programs.
Understanding of VHDL.
Understanding of networking technologies.
Understanding of Modelism (Mentor Graphics) & Vivado (Xilinx): Hardware programming.
Nice to Have:
JIRA & Confluence: web-based collaboration and Wiki designing.
Adobe Framemaker: word processing tool for larger formats Interim clearance is sufficient for start.
Work Authorization: US Citizenship is required due to the nature of the work.
Employment Type
Full-time
