Technical Editor Intern

The Capital Area Division (CAD) of Applied Research Associates (ARA), Inc. has an outstanding Technical Editor Internship opportunity for a full-time student who is currently enrolled in an Undergraduate or Graduate Degree program and wants to gain related work experience in the field of technical writing/editing and supporting a United States government program. The qualified intern will support an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers developing and revising the nation's historical and authoritative source on high energy weapons effects to support national security and warfighter needs. In this role, you will covert and typeset documents that currently exist as Adobe Acrobat PDF files and into more manageable and editable files such as Microsoft Word and Jupyter Notebooks. You will have the opportunity to use and learn tools such as LaTex, PlotLy, and Pandas, among others, to represent and store data. Due to the nature of this work, you must be eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance by the start of the internship.

Required Qualifications:

• Strong work ethic and extremely detailed oriented
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Eagerness to learn new tools and techniques
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance
• Must be a currently enrolled, full-time student in a Bachelor's Degree program or above in Technical Writing, English, Communications, Business, or related field at an accredited university

****Please provide a writing sample, such as a report, that contains a variety of document elements, such as figures, captions, tables, references, lists, etc.***

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 1200 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company's success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, "Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit" sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com.

Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the Technical Editor Intern position.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)