Sr. Technical Writer, Mission Autonomy

What you'll do

• Write and maintain operator, integrator, developer, interface, and contract documentation, including autonomy behaviors, configuration, and test procedures.
• Coordinate documentation roadmaps, stakeholder reviews, contract milestones, and updates aligned with software releases and flight-test schedules.
• Build and improve documentation workflows and tooling across the docs-as-code pipeline and S1000D authoring environment; develop processes and training.

What they ask for

• 5+ years generating technical documentation, including for software or software-intensive systems.
• Experience interpreting engineering documentation, interfaces, schemas, and requirements artifacts, and comfort reading source code.
• Working knowledge of S1000D structured authoring, including data modules, a Common Source Data Base, and applicable business rules.
• Experience with authoring tools and developer toolchains, including Git-based version control, pull requests, Markdown or MDX, and CI; must be eligible for Secret and higher security clearance (US).

Nice to have

• Experience documenting Aerospace and Defense, uncrewed aircraft, autonomy or AI/ML software, flight software, or mission planning systems.
• Experience with documentation static site generators such as Docusaurus, MkDocs, or Sphinx, or government reference architectures and military documentation standards.

Pay

$147,000 — $196,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

S1000D, RapidAuthor, Common Source Data Base, Git, Markdown, MDX, CI, protobuf

AI focus

Documents autonomy behaviors, operating modes, and failure handling so users and integrators can understand and predict the behavior of autonomous systems; experience documenting autonomy or AI/ML software is preferred.