TECHNICAL AUTHOR / EDITOR - Contractor / Consultant

About the Team

AeroTEC’s Engineering Services Department supports and provides comprehensive, full-service aerospace engineering services to customers in aircraft design, test and certification. The Engineering Services Department is responsible for providing engineering consulting services related to aircraft design, performance, similarity analysis, reviewing and supporting certification activities, determining test requirements, and planning and documenting testing to meet customer needs. These services vary, depending on the customer needs and objectives. The Engineering Services Department provides areas of expertise such as Flight Sciences, Electrical Systems, Mechanical Systems, Powerplant & FIFA, Air Systems, Cabin Safety, Structures, Flight Control, and Liaison Engineering.

About the Role

We are seeking a meticulous and experienced Technical Author/Editor to join our engineering team. The primary focus of this role is to review, edit for format, and standardize existing aircraft test procedures. The successful candidate will ensure that all technical documentation is clear, concise, formatted correctly, and compliant with company and customer style guides and industry regulations.

In This Role You Will

• Document Review & Editing: Review previously generated and new aircraft test plans for technical accuracy, clarity, and grammatical correctness.
• Formatting and Standardization: Format procedures to meet company and customer standards and regulatory requirements using established templates.
• Style Guide Compliance: Apply Simplified Technical English (STE) principles to reduce ambiguity in procedures.
• Collaboration with SMEs: Work closely with aeronautical engineers, flight test team, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to verify the accuracy of technical data prior to customer release.
• Version Control: Maintain documentation repositories, ensuring proper version control and that the latest revisions are available to stakeholders. Experience of Siemens TeamCenter document control is an advantage, but is not vital
• Illustration Integration: Ensure illustrations, schematics, and graphs are correctly integrated and referenced within the text.

The Skills You Will Bring (Minimum):

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 3-5+ years of experience in technical writing or editing, specifically within the aerospace or aviation industry.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication, English, Aeronautical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Aviation Knowledge: Familiarity with aircraft manuals, test procedures, and terminology.
• Software Proficiency: Advanced skills in Microsoft Word (including styles and formatting.
• Attention to Detail: Exceptional proofreading skills with the ability to identify subtle inconsistencies in complex documents.

Desired Skills and Competencies

• Experience with regulatory guidelines (FAA, EASA).
• Knowledge of ATA 100 or S1000D documentation standards.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.
• Knowledge of ASD-STE100 (Simplified Technical English).
• Experience of aircraft testing highly desirable

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and/or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Must have the ability to sit for long periods of time.

AeroTEC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.