Technical Editor and Writer 3
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PDS Defense seeks a remote Technical Editor and Writer 3 to create and edit technical publications, including manuals and specifications for audiences such as military personnel. The role involves gathering subject knowledge from product developers and technical references, overseeing illustrative materials, and reviewing technical manuals. Candidates need experience with IETM authoring and specified military standards, and must be able to attain a Secret clearance.
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Engineering
Technical Editor and Writer 3 , CA Posted: 11/2/2026
Job Description
Job ID#:
227004
Job Category:
Engineering
Position Type:
Associate - W2
Duration:
52
Shift:
1
Positions Available:
4
PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Remote Technical Editor and Writer 3. Job ID#227004
Job Description:
A Technical Editor and Writer is responsible to 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 to include military personnel.
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This position requires the initiative to acquire subject knowledge by interviewing product developers, observing performance of production methods, referencing technical specifications, blueprints, engineering illustrations, and trade journals.
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This position also requires active participation in overseeing the preparation of illustrative materials, including the selection of drawings, sketches, diagrams and charts.
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Furthermore, this position requires quality reviews of technical manuals.
Basic Qualifications:
5 Years experience with Bachelors; 3 Years experience with Masters; 1 year experience with PHD
Experience in IETM data module authoring and development experience using Spec1000D,
Experience with Mil-STD-38784, MIL-STD-3048, Mil-STD-1808, and Tech Manual Style Guide constraints.
Authoring experience will include Arbortext, SGML and/or XML authoring software, Astoria Navigator common source database, and IETM technical publications development processes.
Skilled in writing maintenance related procedures (e.g. Descriptive/ Fault Isolation/ Fault Reporting/ Operational/ Procedural & Non-Procedural/ Repair/ Scheduled-Maintenance/ Avionics/ Electrical/ Mechanical - Maintenance Manuals),
Familiar with using Illustration Part Breakdown (IPB), SpecView IETM viewer to publish and check accuracy of authored artifacts.
Must be able to attain a Secret clearance.
Willing to travel to customer designated locations when performing verification events.
Preferred Qualifications:
Hands on maintenance experience with RQ4 unmanned aircraft &/or ground segment systems such as USAF Global Hawk, FMS ROK and Japan, NATO AGS, and MQ-4 Triton programs are highly desirable.
Experienced with using the Interactive, Electronic, Technical Manuals (IETM) Operations and Maintenance Manual (OMM), the Operations and Maintenance Manual development process and participating in Customer Validation and Verification (CVV) events.
Development processes associated with Time Compliant Technical Orders (TCTO's).
Lead Writer experience using AGILE & JIRA best practices.
Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.
Job Requirements
Minimum Security Clearance:
Secret
Military connected talent encouraged to apply.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled
To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit http://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/ or https://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/
The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
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The California Fair Chance Act
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Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
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Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
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San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled
How this job compares
Set against the 785 open Technical Writer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$112–154K/yr81 salary ranges
- US median$36–41/hr134 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 108 open Technical Writer jobs in California and 785 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Technical Writer postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (523 postings).
- Education
- 192 of the 785 open Technical Writer jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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