DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Prepare technical documentation and manuals, to include operator and maintenance manuals, aircraft flight operations manual, aircraft and GCS maintenance manuals, training documentation, and other ground and support equipment manuals as required. Technical writing duties include researching, documenting, and developing detailed operator procedures, maintenance procedures, troubleshooting procedures, fault isolation procedures, checklists, technical specifications, field alert bulletins, training materials, and other procedures and reports to military requirements. Duties also include planning, coordinating, and leading the efforts of a small team to complete the project. Utilize standard Microsoft or SGML-based writing and illustration software to develop these documents. Technical writing source material comes in the form of engineering drawings, software description documents, test plans, design specifications/documentation, as well as discussions with engineers, pilots, technicians, and military/civilian customers. Investigate and resolve problem areas and interface with various engineering, operations, and maintenance personnel to document the technical solution. Develop and review technical documents for content, accuracy, and format. Experience working with MIL-PRF specifications for military technical publications and potentially be able to serve as Quality Assurance reviewers of completed work. T his position requires travel as needed. EOE

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:Requires education/formal training equivalent to the completion of an Associate or Bachelor‘s degree in a technical discipline and three or more years progressive experience with aircraft and related military systems. Hands-on experience in aircraft flight and ground operations, maintenance, and system troubleshooting, and technical writing experience in the development of technical manuals and training documentation for military aircraft systems. Specific experience in operations and/or maintenance of aircraft systems, such as avionics, mechanical/engines, electrical/electronic, RF, EO/IR, and weapons systems. Knowledge of military specifications for development of technical manuals and related documents. Demonstrated working knowledge of computer-based tools in production of technical documentation. Travel is required.DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:Desire a self-starter who functions with minimum supervision. Knowledge of Arbotext Epic Editor, Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, Adobe Illustrator, Visio, and other applications, including interactive manuals and desktop publishing. Military training experiences a plus. Preferable experience divided between active duty military assignments in flight operations and maintenance squadrons, followed by technical writing experience as a DoD contractor and/or in the commercial aviation sector. Applicants must be able to obtain a security clearance.