Technical Editor Jobs in the United States
Ronin Group
$40 - $45 Per Hour
Los Alamos, NM
Education/Experience: This position requires a bachelor’s degree in communications, English, or a related field and a minimum of five years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Ability to maintain professional and courteous interactions with team members, technical personnel both inside and outside the assigned organization, and a range of managers internal and external to the Laboratory.
Naval Nuclear Laboratory
West Mifflin, PA
The responsibilities of the role include: plans and executes plans to maintain NNPP manuals to clearly and effectively inform, guide, direct, and train for operation and maintenance of unforgiving technology for the Nuclear Navy. Authors content to support electronic functionality using markup language, prepares instructions for hard-copy production and maintenance, and accurately distributes both formats to end users across the NNPP enterprise.
Naval Nuclear Laboratory
Niskayuna, NY
Naval Nuclear Laboratory personnel are FMP employees who work at four DOE facilities: Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Kenneth A. Kesselring Site, and Naval Reactors Facility, and at the U.S. Department of Defense-owned Nuclear Power Training Unit-Charleston. For nearly 70 years, the Naval Nuclear Laboratory has developed advanced nuclear propulsion technology, provided technical support, and trained world-class nuclear operators to ensure the safe and reliable operation of our nation's submarine and aircraft carrier Fleets.
DCS Corporation
Ridgecrest, CA
Candidates will have experience producing and copy-editing both user-facing documentation, such as technical manuals, specifications, and internal documentation including code diagrams, processes, and code references. Bachelors in English, communications, engineering, or computer technology with at least 2 years of relevant experience or an Associates-level (technical school) degree with at least 4 years of relevant experience.
General Dynamics Information Technology
$65250 - $86250 undefined
Bossier City, LA
Extremely proficient writing and critical thinking skills, experience with writing a variety of deliverable types for multiple audiences, experience with managing multiple tasks and prioritizing workload, minimal managerial oversight required, provide training and guidance to lesser experienced team members, demonstrate leadership and ownership of projects/tasks, excellent communication and customer interface experience. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
General Dynamics Information Technology
$55250 - $74750 undefined
Sierra Vista, AZ
To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. Experience with desktop publishing, multimedia production, and online documentation software, as well as excellent computer and word processing skills and strong writing, editing, proofreading, and page composition skills.
General Dynamics Information Technology
$63750 - $86250 undefined
Fort Liberty, NC
Required Skills and Abilities: Critical and strategic thinking; Superb presentation and communication skills; strong ability to advise and educate leadership through non-technical terms on JELC requirements and training objectives; Must be able to lead a planning team to create a high fidelity, realistic training event in a Live, Virtual, and Constructive environment to meet customer requirements. GDIT delivers individual sustainment through collective Mission Command training, Leadership Training / Development, Warfighter Functions (WFF) training, Delta Training, First Person Simulations (Gaming), and constructive simulations supported training.
ECLARO
Remote, NY
Skill in managing multiple diverse activities simultaneously, delivering on commitments and varying deadlines and operating with speed, accuracy and strong judgment. Edit copy with accessibility in mind; Perform Quality Checks for documents prior to publication; and.
PlanIT Group
Sterling, VA
In this role, a typical day may include: Preparing, reviewing, revising, and maintaining technical documents including software and systems engineering, system operations, testing, user documentation, etc. As a Technical Writer supporting the Government, you will be trusted with providing technical writing support to document all program deliverables, functions, processes, and accreditation efforts.
Technical Editor Jobs Overview
Technical editor jobs are usually filled by former technical writers. As writers, they created copy for instruction manuals, articles, and other materials that explain complex scientific, medical, or technical information. As writers are promoted to technical editors, their job is to proofread writers’ copy and flag spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors. They also check facts and make sure the writing is understandable. Technical editors work with their writers to develop topics and projects to pursue.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates that technical writer jobs will experience 12% growth over the next 10 years due to the proliferation of scientific, high-tech, electronic, and web-based products. One technical editor usually works with a staff of several writers, so the number of technical editor jobs may not increase as much.
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Technical Editor Education and Skills
Editors generally have a bachelor’s degree in journalism, English, or communications. Having a second degree or job experience in a technical topic such as healthcare, science, or engineering can boost a tech editor’s value to employers. A technical editor's college curriculum includes:
- business policy development
- business law
- technical design theory and design software
- visual and web design
- document structure
- engineering and software documentation
- corporate communications
- scientific, medical, or technology writing
Along with writing skills, an editor needs soft skills that include creativity, detail orientation, and good judgment. Here is some information about how to become a technical writer. Then take a look at this Monster job description for an editor to see what else you might need to get a technical editor job.
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How Much Do Technical Editor Jobs Pay?
According to Monster, the median pay for a technical writer in the U.S. is $33.68 per hour. For an editor of any kind, it’s $25.19 per hour. Once you receive a job offer, make sure you’re getting what you’re worth. To help you with that, here are questions you can ask during salary negotiations.
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