Writer/Editor

About the role 

Do you love to address structural challenges in writing and craft words and paragraphs that engage the reader? Would you like to work with leaders in the fields of software engineering, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence (AI) on projects that matter to the Department of War (DoW), government agencies, and private industry? Are you enthusiastic about copyediting, style guides, and quality control? 
 

We’re looking for a Senior Writer/Editor to join our Strategic Communications and Media team at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) to manage content for blogs, the SEI website, blogs, reports, news stories, and presentations. You will collaborate with SEI researchers, engineers, and other subject-matter experts through all stages of the writing process from inception to completion. 
 

What you’ll do 

• Collaborate with technical staff to write blog posts about technical topics. 

• Write technical news and feature articles for the SEI website, Year in Review, and other communication channels. 

• Write and edit web content, video scripts, and content for other electronic media. 

• Edit formal technical reports. Tailor your work for each project—from substantive editing, to copyediting, to proofreading—depending on project requirements, schedule, and budget. 

• Write and edit brief articles and marketing materials. 

• Work with SEI Communication Design, Web Services, Public Relations, and Outreach teams on publications, presentations, web pages, information graphics, and event materials. 

• Plan, manage, schedule, and track your project tasks. 
   

Who you are 

• You have at least five years of experience in writing and editing. 

• You have excellent document planning, writing, substantive editing, and copyediting skills. 

• You are committed to customer service for subject-matter experts, but you are also a strong advocate for their readers. 

• You have a keen eye for detail and a strong focus on quality and adherence to a style guide. 

• You have strong organizational, time management, and project management skills and can prioritize multiple responsibilities. 

• You have the social skills to interview subject-matter experts or work closely with them to plan and develop written technical materials. 

• You have significant experience with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word and PowerPoint. 

• You can work with minimal or no supervision, but you also participate in team decision making. 

• You will be subject to a background investigation.
   

You might also have experience in 

• an academic or technical research setting 

• marketing writing for a technical or DoD audience 

• coordinating with others to meet service-level agreements for projects 

• issue- and project-tracking software  

• website content-management systems  

• accessibility or 508 compliance 

• learning a markup language or using LaTeX or other document-preparation systems 
   

How to apply 

With your resume, please also upload 

• a short article or marketing piece that demonstrates your writing skills 

• a text sample that demonstrates the impact of your editing skills, via tracked changes, redlining, or first/final versions (or a second writing sample) 
   

A cover letter is optional but can expand on your work history and explain how it aligns with the job description. 
 

Who we are 

Always focused on the future, the SEI advances software as a strategic advantage for national security. We lead research and direct transition of software engineering, cybersecurity, and AI technologies at the intersection of academia, industry, and government. We serve the nation as a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) sponsored by the DoW and are based at Carnegie Mellon University, a global research university annually rated among the best for its programs in computer science and engineering. Learn more about Careers at the SEI. 
 

The Technical Communications team helps the SEI’s subject-matter experts inform our sponsor and the public about the research, methods, products, and services developed at the SEI.