ABOUT THE TEAM 

Anduril Intelligence Systems (AIS) is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community (IC) customers. We work within the IC to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers’ most pressing national security requirements.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a Technical Writer, your mission is to work with and capture technical artifacts from engineering project teams. You will deliver accurate, updated, and easy-to-understand documentation on material both for internal use and external customer delivery. In this role, you will work closely with engineers and various subject matter experts to understand the lifecycle of complex projects, identify knowledge and information gaps, and use documentation to close the gap. You may act as an editor to material written by engineers or work to incorporate specific inputs from the engineering team into more comprehensive documents. As such, the technical writer will play a foundational role in raising and setting the bar for tone, voice, and quality across our written artifacts. 

With Anduril’s focus on defense and national security, documentation plays a critical role in ensuring front-line operators know how to leverage the “arsenal of democracy.” Your mission is to make the process of learning how to understand and operate systems as easy and seamless as possible, with exceptionally written and presented artifacts. 

You will identify relevant stakeholders and lead them through a documentation roadmap with established key milestones and targets. This will require an in-depth understanding of which engineers are relevant to documentation, and what an organized effort toward collaboration entails. You are to ensure that stakeholders are engaged at the right time, and you will guide them towards a polished and finished document that plainly meets customer needs. Finally, you will also work with Program Management to ensure contract deliverables are completed on-time and to a standard of excellence. 

 Written content artifacts under this charger may include: requirement documentation, technical manuals, operational manuals, maintenance manuals, procedures, checklists, templates, user guides, troubleshooting guides, and release notes. You will partner with account and engineering teams across all phases of development to ensure users have the right documentation available. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Generate, review, and edit documentation that is user-focused – whoever that user may be. Work with engineering and operations to deliver documentation of a consistently high-quality. 
• Contribute to Anduril’s technical writing toolkit - working on everything from style guides to the documentation lifecycle and review process, and also relevant software tool procurement through definition requirements for things like authoring and publishing tools. 
• Evaluate and prioritize tasks required to successfully support product documentation efforts and keep them on track. Help drive the best decision for the company by using a data-driven approach and consider input from stakeholders to ensure well-informed decisions. You should be prepared to fill gaps that represent risks to the documentation roadmap. 
• Communicate and help manage expectations. Ensure risks are noted with adequate time, mitigations are identified, and resources are allocated. 
• Help build a culture of technical documentation by creating process and training for others to contribute content.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation with a portfolio of work ready to showcase your talent and skills. 
• Experience reading and interpreting engineering documentation and working with engineers to complete writing tasks. 
• Experience building content in a variety of content authoring tools. 
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with emphasis on technical subjects. 
• Must thrive with autonomy and responsibility, managing competing priorities and tight deadlines. 
• Passion for excellent documentation and user experience. 
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance with Full Scope Polygraph

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience writing technical user-facing documentation. 
• Previous experience creating technical documentation for Defense and Intelligence clients. 

ABOUT THE TEAM 

Anduril Intelligence Systems (AIS) is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community (IC) customers. We work within the IC to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers’ most pressing national security requirements.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a Lead Technical Writer, your mission is to work with and capture technical artifacts from engineering project teams. You will deliver accurate, updated, and easy-to-understand documentation on material both for internal use and external customer delivery. In this role, you will work closely with engineers and various subject matter experts to understand the lifecycle of complex projects, identify knowledge and information gaps, and use documentation to close the gap. You may act as an editor to material written by engineers or work to incorporate specific inputs from the engineering team into more comprehensive documents. As such, the technical writer will play a foundational role in raising and setting the bar for tone, voice, and quality across our written artifacts. 

With Anduril’s focus on defense and national security, documentation plays a critical role in ensuring front-line operators know how to leverage the “arsenal of democracy.” Your mission is to make the process of learning how to understand and operate systems as easy and seamless as possible, with exceptionally written and presented artifacts. 

You will identify relevant stakeholders and lead them through a documentation roadmap with established key milestones and targets. This will require an in-depth understanding of which engineers are relevant to documentation, and what an organized effort toward collaboration entails. You are to ensure that stakeholders are engaged at the right time, and you will guide them towards a polished and finished document that plainly meets customer needs. Finally, you will also work with Program Management to ensure contract deliverables are completed on-time and to a standard of excellence. 

 Written content artifacts under this charger may include: requirement documentation, technical manuals, operational manuals, maintenance manuals, procedures, checklists, templates, user guides, troubleshooting guides, and release notes. You will partner with account and engineering teams across all phases of development to ensure users have the right documentation available. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Generate, review, and edit documentation that is user-focused – whoever that user may be. Work with engineering and operations to deliver documentation of a consistently high-quality. 
• Contribute to Anduril’s technical writing toolkit - working on everything from style guides to the documentation lifecycle and review process, and also relevant software tool procurement through definition requirements for things like authoring and publishing tools. 
• Evaluate and prioritize tasks required to successfully support product documentation efforts and keep them on track. Help drive the best decision for the company by using a data-driven approach and consider input from stakeholders to ensure well-informed decisions. You should be prepared to fill gaps that represent risks to the documentation roadmap. 
• Communicate and help manage expectations. Ensure risks are noted with adequate time, mitigations are identified, and resources are allocated. 
• Help build a culture of technical documentation by creating process and training for others to contribute content.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation with a portfolio of work ready to showcase your talent and skills. 
• Experience reading and interpreting engineering documentation and working with engineers to complete writing tasks. 
• Experience building content in a variety of content authoring tools. 
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with emphasis on technical subjects. 
• Must thrive with autonomy and responsibility, managing competing priorities and tight deadlines. 
• Passion for excellent documentation and user experience. 
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance with Full Scope Polygraph

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience writing technical user-facing documentation. 
• Previous experience creating technical documentation for Defense and Intelligence clients. 

Senior Editor/Proofreader

FLSA Status: Exempt

JOB SUMMARY:

The Senior Editor/Proofreader will uphold agency quality standards in servicing clients by developing in-depth knowledge of assigned product brands.  The Senior Editor/Proofreader will be responsible for keeping track of client product style requirements by developing and maintaining brand-specific style sheets to be used by the editorial team. The Senior Editor/Proofreader will be responsible for writing, creating, and maintaining departmental processes and SOPs. The Senior Editor/Proofreader will attend project status and kick-off meetings when requested and assign projects to editorial team members.  The Senior Editor/Proofreader will lead by example by remaining calm in high pressure situations by assisting other members of the Creative Department as needed when workload allows.

The Senior Editor/Proofreader is responsible for reviewing and editing stories and externally facing materials created by Snow Companies to ensure the highest level of quality and accuracy. He/she also offers comments and makes stylistic suggestions to improve the product, as well as performs final quality control checks to ensure all edits have been captured.

Snow’s business is centered around the patient journey, and the Senior Editor/Proofreader, like all positions at Snow, must be open, compassionate, and sensitive to the unique life experiences of these patients and caregivers. The Senior Editor/Proofreader must be able to incorporate the unique patient/caregiver experience into the strategies and solutions we provide to our clients.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Senior Editor/Proofreader must be able to perform the following essential duties and functions:

• Manage a variety of projects moving throughout the editing queue at any given time
• In collaboration with Editorial Group Supervisor, develop departmental policies/procedures/process documentation
• Mentor editorial team through strong leadership skills
• Assist with training of new editorial team members
• Foster continued mentorship and professional growth opportunities for the editorial team
• Read content and correct any errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling
• Check copy for readability, style, and agreement with editorial policy and style sheets
• Suggest revisions to copy, such as changing words and rearranging content to improve clarity or accuracy
• Involved in planning workflow processes for editing pieces
• Involved in setting standard timelines to complete different editorial jobs
• Carry out research, confirm sources for writers, and verify facts, dates, and statistics using standard reference sources
• Collaborate with writers in the creation of work product to ensure their ideas and stories succeed, while being mindful of the audience
• Ensure all client-facing communications are error-free and consistent with Snow standards
• Approve final versions of updated materials submitted by staff
• Responsible for managing workflow of all incoming pieces
• Required to learn a certain level of knowledge about clients/brands, in particular:
• Brand style guides
• Brand legal and regulatory guidelines/requirements
• Responsible for working with individual requestors-both on writing team and account teams-to resolve questions or content disputes
• Responsible for working with individual requestors-both on writing team and account teams-to understand any exceptions to standard grammar and punctuation, including but not limited to:
• Brand-specific spellings/style
• Brand-specific legal and regulatory requirements
• Individual Ambassador/patient speaker personalization to assist in live presentation (e.g., presentation cues, vernacular, phonetic spellings, etc.)
• Utilization of independent judgment and discretion in managing editorial priorities and ensuring proper utilization of editorial team
• Research and monitor industry trends for stylistic preferences and patient-focused communication standards and practices
• Utilization of various communication strategies and techniques to ensure that project directions are met and patient stories embrace the authentic patient voice and messaging

Weekend and Night Work:

Although your day-to-day work should primarily take place during regular office hours (8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m., Monday–Friday), there will be occasions when you are required to work late into the evening and/or over the weekend. The candidate selected for the Senior Editor/Proofreader position should have the expectation that the workload and nature of the work will require hours that may extend past the normal business hours of the company. This includes working on the weekends.

Collaboration/Teamwork:

The size and nature of our company will require that you work in collaboration with people in other departments. Candidates must demonstrate their willingness/ability to step into other roles as needed to drive the success of the company. Candidates will need to demonstrate their ability to be a contributing member of a team that has goals that are broader than an individual job description or function.

Language Skills/Communication: 

• A mastery of the English language and of the written word
• A strong eye for detail and accuracy to ensure every comma is in place, every word is spelled correctly, spacing and formatting is consistent, etc.
• Ability to multitask and work independently
• A propensity for tact and diplomacy when negotiating edits with writers
• Ability to work under tight deadlines
• Fluency in a foreign language is a plus

Patient Privacy:

The core of our business is working with patients. It is most likely that you will come in contact with Personal Consumer Information (PCI) of patients living with chronic illnesses. It will be required that you take training courses that include, but are not limited to:

• Snow Policy Training
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Adverse Event (AE) Reporting Training
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Training

Computer Skills:

Candidates must have excellent computer skills in a Microsoft Windows environment to include:

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Mathematical Skills:

Candidates will be able to comprehend and utilize basic mathematics as well as business statistics to include percentages, ratios, discounts, interest, commissions, and proportions.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to identify and define problems while applying effective problem-solving skills through collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions
• Ability to deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Capable of applying industry benchmarks to create standardized practices

Physical Demands: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands (to finger, handle, or feel), reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment/Environmental Conditions:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with no or very limited exposure to physical risk.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations: 

Candidates must have a valid driver’s license. In some instances, a passport may be necessary.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university and three to five years of related experience and/or training preferred.

Senior Editor/Proofreader

FLSA Status: Exempt

JOB SUMMARY:

The Senior Editor/Proofreader will uphold agency quality standards in servicing clients by developing in-depth knowledge of assigned product brands.  The Senior Editor/Proofreader will be responsible for keeping track of client product style requirements by developing and maintaining brand-specific style sheets to be used by the editorial team. The Senior Editor/Proofreader will be responsible for writing, creating, and maintaining departmental processes and SOPs. The Senior Editor/Proofreader will attend project status and kick-off meetings when requested and assign projects to editorial team members.  The Senior Editor/Proofreader will lead by example by remaining calm in high pressure situations by assisting other members of the Creative Department as needed when workload allows.

The Senior Editor/Proofreader is responsible for reviewing and editing stories and externally facing materials created by Snow Companies to ensure the highest level of quality and accuracy. He/she also offers comments and makes stylistic suggestions to improve the product, as well as performs final quality control checks to ensure all edits have been captured.

Snow’s business is centered around the patient journey, and the Senior Editor/Proofreader, like all positions at Snow, must be open, compassionate, and sensitive to the unique life experiences of these patients and caregivers. The Senior Editor/Proofreader must be able to incorporate the unique patient/caregiver experience into the strategies and solutions we provide to our clients.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Senior Editor/Proofreader must be able to perform the following essential duties and functions:

• Manage a variety of projects moving throughout the editing queue at any given time
• In collaboration with Editorial Group Supervisor, develop departmental policies/procedures/process documentation
• Mentor editorial team through strong leadership skills
• Assist with training of new editorial team members
• Foster continued mentorship and professional growth opportunities for the editorial team
• Read content and correct any errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling
• Check copy for readability, style, and agreement with editorial policy and style sheets
• Suggest revisions to copy, such as changing words and rearranging content to improve clarity or accuracy
• Involved in planning workflow processes for editing pieces
• Involved in setting standard timelines to complete different editorial jobs
• Carry out research, confirm sources for writers, and verify facts, dates, and statistics using standard reference sources
• Collaborate with writers in the creation of work product to ensure their ideas and stories succeed, while being mindful of the audience
• Ensure all client-facing communications are error-free and consistent with Snow standards
• Approve final versions of updated materials submitted by staff
• Responsible for managing workflow of all incoming pieces
• Required to learn a certain level of knowledge about clients/brands, in particular:
• Brand style guides
• Brand legal and regulatory guidelines/requirements
• Responsible for working with individual requestors-both on writing team and account teams-to resolve questions or content disputes
• Responsible for working with individual requestors-both on writing team and account teams-to understand any exceptions to standard grammar and punctuation, including but not limited to:
• Brand-specific spellings/style
• Brand-specific legal and regulatory requirements
• Individual Ambassador/patient speaker personalization to assist in live presentation (e.g., presentation cues, vernacular, phonetic spellings, etc.)
• Utilization of independent judgment and discretion in managing editorial priorities and ensuring proper utilization of editorial team
• Research and monitor industry trends for stylistic preferences and patient-focused communication standards and practices
• Utilization of various communication strategies and techniques to ensure that project directions are met and patient stories embrace the authentic patient voice and messaging

Weekend and Night Work:

Although your day-to-day work should primarily take place during regular office hours (8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m., Monday–Friday), there will be occasions when you are required to work late into the evening and/or over the weekend. The candidate selected for the Senior Editor/Proofreader position should have the expectation that the workload and nature of the work will require hours that may extend past the normal business hours of the company. This includes working on the weekends.

Collaboration/Teamwork:

The size and nature of our company will require that you work in collaboration with people in other departments. Candidates must demonstrate their willingness/ability to step into other roles as needed to drive the success of the company. Candidates will need to demonstrate their ability to be a contributing member of a team that has goals that are broader than an individual job description or function.

Language Skills/Communication: 

• A mastery of the English language and of the written word
• A strong eye for detail and accuracy to ensure every comma is in place, every word is spelled correctly, spacing and formatting is consistent, etc.
• Ability to multitask and work independently
• A propensity for tact and diplomacy when negotiating edits with writers
• Ability to work under tight deadlines
• Fluency in a foreign language is a plus

Patient Privacy:

The core of our business is working with patients. It is most likely that you will come in contact with Personal Consumer Information (PCI) of patients living with chronic illnesses. It will be required that you take training courses that include, but are not limited to:

• Snow Policy Training
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Adverse Event (AE) Reporting Training
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Training

Computer Skills:

Candidates must have excellent computer skills in a Microsoft Windows environment to include:

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Mathematical Skills:

Candidates will be able to comprehend and utilize basic mathematics as well as business statistics to include percentages, ratios, discounts, interest, commissions, and proportions.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to identify and define problems while applying effective problem-solving skills through collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions
• Ability to deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Capable of applying industry benchmarks to create standardized practices

Physical Demands: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands (to finger, handle, or feel), reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment/Environmental Conditions:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with no or very limited exposure to physical risk.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations: 

Candidates must have a valid driver’s license. In some instances, a passport may be necessary.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university and three to five years of related experience and/or training preferred.

Title: Surgical Assistant
Practice: Northern Virginia Surgery Centers 
Location: Fairfax, VA

Hours:
Monday | 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday | 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday | 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday | 8am - 4:30pm
Friday | 8am - 4pm
Saturday | Closed
Sunday | Closed

Position Purpose:

The surgical assistant is responsible for ensuring the compassionate, effective, and efficient delivery of high-quality clinical care for patients while practicing and providing safety in the work environment. The ideal candidate will assist oral surgeons during procedures, ensuring a smooth and efficient workflow in a fast-paced environment. This role requires a strong understanding of surgical procedures, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to providing high-quality patient care.

Essential Functions:

Patient Care & Experience

• Ensure all patients receive the highest quality of care and service.
• Communicate with patients in a friendly, professional manner, both in person and by phone.
• Maintain positive, professional relationships with patients, staff, and surgeons.
• Assist with postoperative care, including patient education and follow-up instructions.
• Monitor patient vital signs during surgical procedures and provide support as needed.

Clinical & Surgical Support

• Assist oral surgeons during surgical procedures.
• Prepare instruments, materials, and equipment required for surgical procedures.
• Support adherence to best practices, established protocols, and the highest patient safety standards.

Documentation & Compliance

• Accurately document patient encounters and surgical procedures.
• Ensure compliance with all company policies and regulatory standards.
• Maintain controlled substance safety protocols and documentation.

Office Operations & Safety

Support a clean, professional clinical environment, including:

• Clean and stocked operatories
• Maintained equipment and adequate supplies

Support monthly office safety and compliance checks, including:

• Crash carts
• Fire extinguishers
• Emergency preparedness attestations
• X-ray unit calibration
• Omni-cam calibration
• Controlled substance inventory and drug book accuracy
• Oxygen tank readiness
• Printing and maintaining controlled substance invoices

Team Collaboration & Professionalism

• Promote a collaborative work environment focused on teamwork, efficiency, and exceptional patient care.
• Attend and actively participate in team meetings.

Qualifications:

Education/Certification:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required (some college, preferred)
• Basic life support certification required. Employers will provide training if the candidate is not current.

Experience:

• Previous dental experience – Preferred not required
• Experience as an oral surgery assistant or dental assistant is preferred. (Will train the right candidate.)
• Basic life support certification – Employer will assist if not completed

Performance Requirements:

Skills/Abilities:

• Strong computer skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize effectively
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Analytical and detail-oriented
• Able to work independently with exceptional initiative and sound judgment
• Positive attitude, change advocate, able to lead by example
• Strong Knowledge of oral surgery procedures
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Commitment to maintaining the highest standards of patient care and safety

Work environment/Conditions:

• Fast-paced dental office environment
• Overtime is sometimes required as needed to perform job functions
• Some travel as needed for training and to perform job functions
• Safety procedures required, including protection to minimize the risks from X-rays
• Potential long hours standing.

• We offer Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance plans to our full-time employees.
• Two out of the three medical plans offered include Health Savings Account (HSA) eligibility.
• Company-paid Life, AD&D and Long-Term Disability coverage.
• Additional Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance for you and your family!
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability Insurance available to you as well
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) offered.
• Immediately begin saving for retirement through our 401(k) starting with very first paycheck!
• Employer 401(k) contribution and Profit Sharing after six months of employment
• PTO and 8 Paid holidays for fulltime employees!

DISCLAIMER

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work.  This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities.  OPS’s management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary. 

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