Technical Editor (Transportation)

Location: Hybrid, with at least two days per week onsite in McLean, Virginia, generally Monday through Thursday; occasional travel to other local facilities may be required. The position is associated with Reston, Virginia.

Salary: $67,063–$114,008 per year based on full-time employment.

Company

hirify.global is an advisory and technology services provider helping clients address complex challenges through expertise and technology.

What you will do

• Edit technical brochures, standard operating procedures, research reports, technical summaries, and guidance documents.
• Apply TFHRC, U.S. Government Publishing Office, and Chicago style standards.
• Improve structure, grammar, accuracy, readability, consistency, and plain-language communication.
• Distill complex data into clear narrative and graphic content for technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Fact-check references and ensure copyright, licensing, attribution, and publication-quality compliance.
• Collaborate with clients, subject matter experts, authors, engineers, and project staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical Writing, English, or a related scientific or technical field.
• 3–10 years of experience in technical writing, documentation, editing, proofreading, copy editing, or substantive editing.
• At least 1 year of experience applying the TFHRC Research, Development, and Technology Communication Reference Guide and the U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual.
• Experience reviewing complex technical materials for accuracy, clarity, consistency, and completeness.
• Ability to support Section 508 accessibility and copyright, licensing, attribution, and reference requirements.
• Ability to obtain a government security clearance if required by the contract; testing is part of the interview process.

Nice to have

• Experience with transportation, highway, or surface transportation materials.
• Experience editing engineering, scientific, research, government, or agency publications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, PDF and document-production tools, accessibility workflows, and online publishing.
• Experience managing publications from outline and drafts through reviews, revisions, production, and release.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible onsite scheduling and telework within the hybrid arrangement.
• Collaborative multidisciplinary work with technical experts and project staff.
• Full-time employment.
• Equal opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodations available throughout the employment process.

Hiring process

• Applicants complete an editorial test as part of the interview process.
• Applications must be submitted directly by the applicant.