Position Description
Experienced Technical Manual Writer will be responsible for creating illustrations for use in technical documentation for military electronic systems.
Position will require producing illustrations, generating templates, gathering, organizing, editing and writing project-specific technical materials for inclusion in technical manuals.
Duties may include gathering and organizing technical information, preparing text and tools, and coordinating layout for print or electronic publication.

Skills Required
Must be able to adapt to rapidly changing environment, and be responsible for independently developing illustrations, engineering documentation, and technical publications.
Must be able to gather technical information, maintain an internal documentation library, work with developers to produce professional-quality documents and materials, assuring proper document configuration control is in-place.
Ability to decipher line drawings.
Must be able to provide graphic and illustration expertise, interpret engineering drawings and write technical copy for engineering documentation.

Skills Preferred
Familiarity with GPO Style Guide
Familiarity with military electronic systems and documentation

Experience Required
5 years of related work experience with creating and modifying illustrations, Engineering technical documentation and/or Tech Manuals, and proven proficiency using:
* Creo Illustrate * Adobe Acrobat * Adobe Illustrator * Adobe Photoshop * Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point) * Microsoft Visio

Experience Preferred
5 years' experience as a Tech Manual Developer/Illustrator in an electronic military environment.

Education Required
Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university, and/or 5 years of related work experience.

Education Preferred
Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university, and 5 years of related work experience.

Note :
This position will be approximately 30 hours (+/- 10 hours) of work per week. Please note that it won't be a consistent 40-hour role. We have flexibility for work schedule and will notify the contractor in advance of meetings. The work will be 90%+ remote. We also require that candidates be able to come onsite to the NY-Greenlawn site upon request, and please note that travel costs will NOT be reimbursable.