Senior Technical Writer (R3810)
Shield AI
Marketing & Communications, IT
Dallas County, TX, USA
Posted on Oct 22, 2025
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With nine offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
Job Description:
Shield AI is looking for a highly skilled and detail-oriented Technical Writer to join our team. A successful candidate will have extensive technical writing experience converting complex technical information into clear and structured end-user guidance. In this position, you will create and improve Shield AI’s growing number of technical publications used for operation and maintenance of aircraft, payloads, and ground support equipment.
The successful candidate will be expected to:
- Manage competing priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of military terminology, specifications, and standards to accurately convey technical information in a clear and concise manner.
- Work closely with engineering and development teams to gather information and create technical content, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
- Research technical information through engineering drawings, design specifications, and work instructions.
- Ensure documents are developed in accordance with the requested specifications and requirements.
- Ensure consistency in language, style, and formatting across all technical documentation to maintain a unified and professional presentation.
- Efficiently review drafts for accuracy and clarity.
- Conduct thorough quality assurance checks to identify and address any errors, inconsistencies, or discrepancies in technical documents.
- Coordinate printing and distribution of physical publications.
- Fulfill other duties as assigned or required.
Required qualifications:
- 2–5 years of technical writing experience.
- A Bachelor’s degree in English, Technical Communication, Journalism, Engineering, or related field.
- Excellent writing and editing skills.
- Experience working with technical or flight manuals.
- The ability to apply common sense and logic to unfamiliar concepts.
- Self-sufficient work ethic.
- Comfortability delivering on tight timelines.
- Eye for consistency and detail, especially across a documentation set.
- Ability to recognize relevant and missing information.
- Ability to write clearly and concisely while conforming to appropriate style guides.
- Ability to maintain and improve existing documentation.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience writing and editing using Microsoft Word, Adobe FrameMaker, and Confluence.
- Strong understanding of military terminology, specifications, and standards.
- Project management skills.
- Experience with computer-aided design (CAD).
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Full-time regular employee offer package:
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Temporary employee offer package:
Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.
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