Principal/Sr. Principal Technical Editor and Writer

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

This position will support our Transformational Computing business within Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS). Transformational Computing is a highly motivated, talented, and growing organization focused on advancing the science and engineering of superconducting electronic systems into new capabilities and products, and is developing the technologies to transform computing beyond Moore’s Law by advancing development of computer architectures, processing and memory subsystems, and large scale high performance computing systems.

Responsibilities:

• Write, rewrite and/or edit technical documents such as technical procedure manuals, user manuals, programming manuals, service manuals, operational specifications, and related technical publications to communicate clearly and effectively technical specifications and instructions to a wide range of audiences.
• Acquire subject knowledge by meeting and collaborating with product developers, observing the performance of production methods, referring to technical specifications, blueprints, engineering illustrations, and trade journals.
• Oversee preparation of illustrative materials, selecting drawings, sketches, diagrams and charts.
• Conduct quality review of materials.
• Generate documents via Velocity or other scripting languages/conversion tools.
• Adhere to strict Customer deadlines, schedules, and specifications
• Coordinate with Program Management and Technical Leads to ensure adequate time to create and modify technical documentation
• Create/modify Customer Templates as required

This position will serve on-site in Linthicum/ Annapolis Junction, MD.

This position may be filled at either the Principal or Sr. Principal Level.

Basic Qualifications for Principal:

• 6 years of relevant experience with Bachelor’s Degree; or 4 years’ experience with Master’s Degree.  In lieu of formal degree, High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) and 10 years of relevant experience in a related field.
• Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards.
• Full knowledge of industry practices. Independently demonstrates the skill and ability to perform fairly complex professional tasks.
• Must be able to read and interpret complex engineering drawings, specifications, and system description documents.
• Work well in a team environment.
• Familiarity with SharePoint.
• Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence.
• Expertise in MS Office Suite.
• Must be a US Citizen with a current and active TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph.

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal:

• 10 years of relevant experience with Bachelor’s Degree; or 8 years’ experience with Master’s Degree.  In lieu of formal degree, High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) and 14 years of relevant experience in a related field.
• Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards.
• Full knowledge of industry practices. Independently demonstrates the skill and ability to perform fairly complex professional tasks.
• Must be able to read and interpret complex engineering drawings, specifications, and system description documents.
• Work well in a team environment.
• Familiarity with SharePoint.
• Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence.
• Expertise in MS Office Suite.
• Must be a US Citizen with a current and active TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications for Principal / Sr. Principal:

• Proficient in the interpretation of engineering data such as parts list, application list, notes list and print reading.
• Experienced with configuration management.
• Knowledge of Government Printing Office (GPO) style guide.

This position reports to Linthicum, MD, USA, however, this position can also be worked from Annapolis Junction, MD, MD, USA.

Salary Range: $75,000 USD - $117,000 USD

Salary Range 2: $92,900 USD - $146,000 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.