Specialist, Technical Writer

Job Title:Specialist Technical Writer

Job Code: 38129

Job Location: Palm Bay FL

Job Schedule: 9/80Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours working- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris Corporation is seeking a Specialist Technical Writer to support our Spectrum Superiority Systems portfolio of programs in Palm Bay Florida by conducting technical writing documentation for complex systems and equipment that are part of mission critical solutions that safeguard our unique customers. These technical writing tasks may include generating developing planning writing and editing operational instructional maintenance or procedures for paper multimedia or web-based publication. The candidate must also possess the ability to create complex technical drawings using a variety of resources to develop the illustrations. The candidate must possess the ability to master the complex technology and associated equipment and then effectively deliver that knowledge to customer teams in written and illustrated form. Candidate also must possess excellent organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to maintain focus on a complex task.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and deliver complex illustrations for technical documentation and other media using various illustration tools (e.g. Visio Illustrator AutoCAD).
• Develop organize and deliver technical information as user guides training materials and/or installation manuals for non-technical and technical users in structured (FrameMaker CSS DITA HTML) and unstructured (Word PPT) environments.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly concisely and accurately and be comfortable asking questions to ensure accuracy.
• Regularly review documentation to update procedures as required by the program to ensure relevant and current operations.
• Work closely with the program engineering and test teams to ensure user feedback and scenarios are communicated and represented in documentation development.
• Collaborate with cross functional engineering teams to develop and enhance technical documentation and training material to be delivered to employees and customers alike
• Interpret Statement of Work (SOW) and program requirements related to program publications training and maintainer certifications
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and manage complex projects
  
  
  

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in related field and minimum 4 years of relevant prior experience or a Graduate Degree in related field and a minimum of 2 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Significant Technical Writing experience in developing installation operations and maintenance manuals for complex systems. Experience in writing system level test procedures for LRUs and Rack assemblies.
• Training curriculum development experience. Ability to generate and update technical instructional material
• Develop organize and deliver/present technical training products and related materials for customer training.
• Familiar with MIL-STD-40051 and able to format COTS manuals to this standard
• Comfortable with creating documentation in Confluence FrameMaker etc.
• Experience working with the Atlassian Suite (JIRA Confluence etc.)
• Experience creating companion information such as illustrations using photography or illustration software (Photoshop) or flowcharts/graphs using Visio
• Have ability to obtain U.S. DoD Secret Clearance

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