Job brief: Senior Technical Writer I

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• Listed on Rocket Lab's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-11 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-11.
• The apply link opens job-boards.greenhouse.io, the address Rocket Lab's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $82,000 to $112,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Littleton, CO · EDC
• Posted: 2026-11-11

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Must have

• Bachelor's degree in English, communications, journalism, business, or a technical field
• 5+ years of professional writing and/or editing experience
• US citizenship is required, due to program requirements
• 3+ years of proposal experience in the aerospace industry
• An active US government issued security clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
• Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S.

Conditions

• paid vacation , holidays , and sick leave ;

Main duties

• Create customer response templates according to a company style guide and RFP requirements
• Write compliant, compelling, and client-centric narratives aligned to the proposed solution
• Coordinate with technical team to gather and draft technical proposal volumes
• Create and maintain compliance matrices for each major effort
• Create proposal tools and resources to improve the proposal development process

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Across Rocket Lab's 459 open listings, 29% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Rocket Lab hires

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