Technical Writer (Aerospace & Defense)

Location: Mojave, California, United States; fully on-site preferred, with a hybrid arrangement requiring approximately 75% regular on-site time available for well-qualified candidates. Travel is expected to be less than 5%.

Base salary: $52,000–$84,700 annually for the Technical Writer level. Senior and Lead levels are compensated at $65,000–$105,800 and $80,000–$128,700 annually.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable air-launched Talon testbeds and hypersonic flight-testing capabilities to support technology validation and national security programs.

What you will do

• Create technical, engineering, maintenance, system description, training, operational, and report documentation.
• Support Mission Operations, Engineering, and Maintenance by applying industry best practices and government requirements.
• Migrate existing procedures to Epsilon3 and author, edit, approve, and release new Epsilon3 procedures.
• Review documentation with subject-matter experts and communicate program modifications to stakeholders.
• Interface with technical publications customers to ensure documentation requirements are met.
• Train personnel in relevant authoring tools, systems, and processes while managing competing priorities and tight deadlines.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with documentation publishing and/or management software.
• Experience with MS Office, FrameMaker, and professional document creation and management tools.
• Excellent organization, multitasking, communication, initiative, prioritization, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Science, English, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant education, training, and experience.
• Documentation must comply with ITAR and other regulations governing document marking, storage, and distribution.

Nice to have

• Technical documentation experience in aerospace and defense.
• 2+ years of experience creating or working with S1000D-compliant documents and systems.
• Experience creating hypertext internal documentation processes.
• Experience with Jira, Epsilon3, SharePoint, and XML structured authoring tools.

Culture & Benefits

• 9/80 work schedule.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Paid maternity and parental leave.
• 50% company match on 401(k) contributions, up to $11,500.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Equal opportunity workplace with a stated commitment to diversity and nondiscrimination.