Technical Writer- REMOTE

Fairwinds Technologies•Washington, DC

10d•$65,197 - $105,197•Remote

About The Position

The Technical Writer supports a NATO SATCOM modernization program involving the delivery, sustainment, and lifecycle management of deployable multi-band fly-away satellite communications terminals. The role develops, edits, maintains, and manages technical, engineering, logistics, sustainment, cybersecurity, training, and program documentation throughout the system lifecycle. The Technical Writer works closely with engineering, logistics, training, cybersecurity, and program teams to produce accurate, customer-ready documentation supporting deployment, operation, maintenance, acceptance testing, and long-term sustainment activities. This is a full-time, exempt position. It is remote and open to candidates residing in locations where Fairwinds Technologies is registered to employ, currently including the DMV area, FL, GA, SC, NC, NY, CO, and TX. An active Secret security clearance is required at the time of employment. Travel is not required. The stated annual compensation range is $65,197–$105,197, dependent upon experience.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in Technical Communication, English, Journalism, Communications, Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related discipline; equivalent military or defense-industry technical writing experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.
At least 8 years of professional technical writing experience.
Experience supporting defense, aerospace, SATCOM, telecommunications, engineering, logistics, sustainment, or government programs.
Demonstrated experience producing complex technical and engineering documentation.
Experience working directly with engineers, technical subject matter experts, and multidisciplinary project teams.
Experience supporting documentation through review, approval, publication, and configuration-control processes.
Experience managing document repositories and version-controlled documentation environments.
Active Secret security clearance required at time of employment.
Must be eligible to work in the United States and reside in a location where Fairwinds Technologies is registered to employ.

Responsibilities

Develop, edit, maintain, and publish technical manuals, operation and maintenance manuals, installation guides, deployment instructions, training materials, engineering documentation, and product support documentation.
Create and maintain technical publications for system operation, troubleshooting, preventive and corrective maintenance, fault isolation, software updates, and hardware replacement.
Develop and manage Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (IETP) using Markdown-based publishing tools and approved customer delivery platforms.
Produce formal contract deliverables, including project management, quality assurance, configuration management, and integrated product support plans, status reports, acceptance reports, and sustainment documentation.
Collaborate with engineering teams to develop and maintain requirements traceability matrices, system architecture documentation, interface descriptions, compliance documentation, and design review materials.
Develop integrated product support documentation, including reliability reports, FMECA documentation, provisioning data, obsolescence reporting, and PHST documentation.
Support development of training plans, instructor and student guides, lesson plans, presentations, examinations, and knowledge-transfer materials.
Develop and maintain cybersecurity documentation, including incident management plans, operating procedures, accreditation packages, security testing documentation, and compliance reports.
Support document review, approval, revision control, baseline management, and engineering change activities.
Conduct quality reviews for technical accuracy, consistency, formatting compliance, and customer acceptance readiness.
Manage document repositories, document classification, revision histories, publishing workflows, and deliverable schedules.
Work with subject matter experts, engineers, logisticians, trainers, and customer representatives to ensure documentation accuracy and completeness.