{"id":2211520,"url":"https://alion.io/job/nexight-group-senior-technical-editor","title":"Senior Technical Editor","company":{"id":682348,"name":"Nexight Group","domain":"nexightgroup.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/nexightgroup","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":null},"role":"Communications","role_family":"Communications","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Silver Spring, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":76000,"max_usd":149000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":536},"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-10T02:46:41Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-10","last_verified_at":"2026-10-11T16:53:49Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Senior Technical Editor\nNexight Group is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Editor to provide editorial leadership and quality oversight for a high-volume portfolio of technical publications and communications products supporting a federal transportation client. This senior-level role requires exceptional editorial judgment, technical editing expertise, and leadership skills to guide a team of writers and editors, manage complex editorial workflows, and ensure technically accurate, clear, consistent, and publication-ready products for diverse audiences.\nThis position is contingent upon Nexight Group receiving an anticipated federal contract award. Employment under this position will begin only after contract award and authorization to proceed.\nNexight Group is a small technical and management consulting firm that serves a variety of clients in many topic areas. We value adaptability, critical thinking, curiosity, initiative, and taking pride in high-quality work. Our staff work collaboratively, communicate openly, and continuously look for ways to improve our work and deliver greater value to clients. To learn more about the company, please visit our careers page.\nApplicants should have the necessary skills to perform the following job responsibilities:\nProvide editorial leadership and quality oversight across a high-volume portfolio of technical publications and communications products, establishing consistent standards and practices for editorial quality, technical accuracy, and consistency across the team.\nDirect and mentor writers and editors, assigning editorial work based on subject matter, product requirements, staff expertise, workload, and deadlines and providing constructive feedback that strengthens team performance.\nPerform and oversee substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, rewriting, and formatting to improve accuracy, clarity, logical flow, organization, readability, and consistency.\nReview complex technical and research content for accuracy and completeness, including fact checking, reference checking, data verification, terminology, tables, figures, citations, product names, trademarks, copyrights, and permissions.\nCollaborate with authors, researchers, engineers, subject matter experts, communications staff, designers, and other stakeholders to translate complex technical information into authoritative, audience-appropriate communications.\nManage complex editorial workflows and multiple review cycles, maintaining version control and ensuring comments, technical review feedback, and required approvals are accurately incorporated.\nEnsure compliance with applicable agency and federal editorial, accessibility, copyright, permissions, and publishing requirements.\nProvide editorial oversight throughout the complete production lifecycle, from initial content review and planning through layout, quality assurance, approval, and final publication across print, web, and digital formats.\nProactively identify editorial risks, inconsistencies, recurring quality issues, and process inefficiencies and implement practical improvements to strengthen quality and efficiency.\nManage editorial workload, priorities, schedules, quality, and continuity across concurrent assignments.\nThis is a hybrid position. Candidates should be within reasonable commuting distance of the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and available for meetings and other activities at client locations in McLean, VA, and Washington, DC, as required.\nSummary of Qualifications\nRequired Education and Experience\nMaster's degree in English, Journalism, or a technical field.\n10+ years of progressively responsible professional experience in technical editing, writing, publishing, or related technical communications work.\nDemonstrated supervisory experience leading, mentoring, or directing writers, editors, or other communications professionals.\nDemonstrated project management experience managing complex editorial or publication workflows, schedules, assignments, reviews, and deadlines.\nExtensive experience performing substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, fact checking, reference checking, and quality assurance for complex technical publications.\nExperience managing technical publications through multiple review and approval cycles from draft through final production.\nExperience working directly with subject matter experts and translating complex technical or research information for diverse audiences.\nExperience applying formal editorial standards, accessibility requirements, copyright and permissions requirements, and publication quality controls.\nStrong proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and electronic review/editing tools.\nAbility to successfully complete required federal personnel security/background investigation and obtain required facility and system access.\nRequired Demonstrated Ability and Skill\nExceptional editorial judgment and expert command of grammar, punctuation, style, organization, and technical document conventions.\nAbility to identify both detailed editorial issues and higher-level problems involving logic, organization, completeness, audience needs, and technical clarity.\nAbility to lead, mentor, and develop writers and editors, providing clear, constructive feedback while maintaining productive working relationships.\nAbility to build trusted relationships and communicate professionally with clients, authors, subject matter experts, reviewers, designers, colleagues, and senior leaders.\nAbility to manage multiple complex publications and editorial assignments simultaneously while maintaining rigorous attention to detail and meeting time-sensitive deadlines.\nSound judgment and strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify quality risks, resolve ambiguous editorial issues, and determine when questions require SME or client input.\nCuriosity, critical thinking, adaptability, and initiative, including the ability to quickly become conversant in unfamiliar technical topics, solve problems proactively, and identify opportunities to improve editorial processes and products.\nAbility to take ownership of work independently while collaborating effectively across multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented consulting environment.\nPreferred Qualifications\nTransportation, highway/surface transportation, infrastructure, engineering, or applied-research communications experience.\nFederal government technical publishing or communications experience.\nExperience leading editorial teams supporting high-volume portfolios of concurrent technical publications.\nAdvanced knowledge of Section 508 accessibility and federal publishing requirements.\nFamiliarity with Adobe Acrobat and publishing/design workflows.\nAll full-time employees of Nexight Group receive a competitive salary and attractive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance; paid parental leave; company contributions to employee health savings accounts (HSAs); company 401(k) contributions; profit sharing; and an annual bonus program.\nTo Apply\nPlease submit the following information:\nResume\nA cover letter that articulates your qualifications, uses examples that demonstrate your skills and background relevant to the position, and details your motivation for this position\nTwo writing and/or editing samples demonstrating your ability to improve and communicate complex technical information for diverse audiences. At least one sample should demonstrate substantive editing or editorial leadership. Samples may include technical reports, research publications, articles, guidance documents, or other substantive publications. For editing samples, please briefly describe your editorial role and the nature of your contribution to the final product.\nApplications without a resume, cover letter, and writing/editing samples will not be considered.\n\nIf you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact: .\nNexight Group LLC provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. This involves all phases of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, employment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, reduction of workforce and termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, selection for training, the use of all facilities, and participation in all company-sponsored employee activities. Provisions in applicable laws providing for bona fide occupational qualifications, business necessity, or age limitations will be adhered to by the company where appropriate.\nAll applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. PRINCIPALS ONLY. VEVRAA Federal Contractor. Priority referrals of protected veterans desired. 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