Technical Writer — Satellite Operations Handbook (Editor-in-Chief) for FWS

Job summary

Act as editor-in-chief for the Satellite Operations Handbook by integrating technical inputs from various subsystem teams into a coherent manual. Establish style guides and manage formal review cycles to ensure documentation accuracy and consistency for real-time operations.

Job details

Key Responsibilities • Act as editor-in-chief of the Satellite Operations Handbook: gather documentation and inputs from subsystem teams (power, thermal, AOCS, TT&C;, payload, FDIR, ground segment) and integrate them into one coherent, fluid text. • Interview subsystem engineers to close gaps, resolve ambiguities, and verify the technical accuracy of every section. • Rewrite engineering source material into clear, unambiguous, procedure-grade language suitable for use by operators in real-time operations. • Structure the handbook across the mission lifecycle: nominal operations, contingency and FDIR response, and subsystem reference sections. • Maintain revision and configuration control; organize and run formal review cycles with engineering and operations stakeholders. • Establish and enforce a style guide, templates, and terminology consistency across all contributors. Required Qualifications • Proven long-form technical authorship — a PhD thesis, published research, or prior authorship of operations manuals, handbooks, flight rules, or procedures. (Per the hiring manager: "People who have written PhD theses would be ideal candidates.") • Working knowledge of satellites and space systems — able to read, understand, and interrogate subsystem engineering documentation. • Fast learner with a synthetic mind: able to compress many inconsistent sources into one clear narrative. • Excellent written English. Preferred Qualifications • Background in satellite operations, spacecraft systems engineering, or mission analysis. • French language skills (Montreal-based team). • Familiarity with documentation and requirements tools (DOORS, Confluence) and ECSS/NASA documentation culture. • Experience authoring training materials or certifying operations personnel

What you’ll do

Act as editor-in-chief for the Satellite Operations Handbook by integrating technical inputs from various subsystem teams into a coherent manual. Establish style guides and manage formal review cycles to ensure documentation accuracy and consistency for real-time operations.

Requirements

Requires proven long-form technical authorship experience, such as a PhD thesis or professional operations manual development. Candidates must possess a strong working knowledge of satellite and space systems to effectively translate engineering material into procedure-grade language.

Listed skills

• Control · Preferred
• French · Preferred
• Technical · Preferred
• Organization · Preferred
• Training · Preferred
• materials · Preferred
• procedures. · Preferred
• Teams · Preferred
• Documentation · Preferred
• Accuracy · Preferred
• Time · Preferred
• Configuration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Technical writing
• Satellite operations
• Spacecraft systems engineering
• Documentation management
• Configuration control
• Technical editing
• Requirements analysis
• Engineering documentation
• Procedure development
• Mission analysis
• DOORS
• Confluence
• ECSS standards
• NASA standards
• Terminology management
• Engineering Documentation
• Style Guides
• Atlassian Confluence
• Quick Learning
• Research
• Systems Engineering
• Configuration Management
• French Language
• Operations
• Spacecraft
• Written English

Job areas

• Engineering
• Technology
• Science & Research
• Creative & Media
• Writer/Editor-in-Chief
• Technical Writer
• Authors and Related Writers
• Technical Writers