Shield AI
Technical Writer (R5662)
Dallas, Texas · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of relevant experience; equivalent relevant experience may include aircraft maintenance, military aviation, UAS maintenance or operations, avionics, flight test, aerospace field service, engineering technician work, or technical publications.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
About the job
Develops, releases, and maintains configuration-controlled V-BAT aircraft service bulletins and maintenance documentation for operators and maintainers.
What you'll do
- Write and update service bulletins, safety communications, and step-by-step maintenance and inspection procedures.
- Coordinate with engineering, quality, manufacturing, flight-test, and support teams to validate technical content and manage reviews and releases.
- Document bulletin applicability, required actions, hazards, parts, tools, and return-to-service requirements; maintain document-control records and traceability.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 3+ years of relevant experience in maintenance documentation, service engineering, or technical writing in aerospace, defense, aviation, UAS, or complex electromechanical systems.
- Demonstrated ability to create, revise, or technically validate maintenance procedures, service bulletins, work instructions, test procedures, or other post-delivery documentation.
- Practical working knowledge of aircraft or UAS systems and ability to interpret engineering artifacts and produce clear, safe, user-focused procedures.
Nice to have
- FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certificate, military aviation maintenance specialty, or equivalent aircraft maintenance experience.
- Familiarity with technical-publication frameworks such as ATA iSpec 2200, S1000D, or MIL-STD-40051.
Tools
ATA iSpec 2200, S1000D, MIL-STD-40051, MIL-STD-38784, MIL-STD-1808, Adobe FrameMaker, Arbortext, XML/DITA
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