Proposal Writer

About this role

PROPOSAL WRITER

Location: Austin, TX or Washington, D.C (Hybrid on-site, with up to 5% travel)
Clearance Requirement: U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a security clearance

ABOUT NODA

NODA is a Veteran-owned, venture-backed technology company that is transforming how unmanned systems collaborate in complex, mission-critical environments. We are developing next-generation solutions that enable the autonomous orchestration of heterogeneous unmanned systems across air, sea, land, and space with vital applications in the defense, intelligence, and commercial sectors.

Joining NODA means working on meaningful technology that pushes the boundaries of autonomy alongside a team that thrives on innovation, rapid iteration, and collaboration.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a Proposal Writer to translate NODA AI's capabilities, technical approach, and mission impact into clear, persuasive content that strengthens our competitive position and helps move opportunities from early pursuit through award.

Your work will span the full pursuit lifecycle, from early customer shaping and pre-RFP activities through formal proposal development and submission. You will develop content across RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, Sources Sought responses, white papers, solution briefs, capability statements, executive summaries, technical and management volumes, past performance narratives, and other strategic pursuit materials.

This is a hands-on role for a writer who thrives on turning complexity into clarity. You may start with a solicitation, an engineering conversation, a technical diagram, or an incomplete set of inputs, identify what is missing, and drive the content to a polished final product. Great proposal writing does more than answer the requirement. It makes the case for why NODA AI should win.

Key Responsibilities

- Serve as a primary writer across the full range of Government and customer-facing pursuit materials, including RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, white papers, solution briefs, capability statements, executive summaries, past performance narratives, and technical and management volumes

- Analyse solicitations, statements of work, evaluation criteria, and acquisition documentation to develop content that is compliant, responsive, persuasive, and tailored to the opportunity

- Partner with Capture, Business Development, Programs, Product, Engineering, and leadership to develop proposal narratives aligned with capture strategy, win themes, discriminators, customer priorities, and mission needs

- Translate complex technical and operational concepts across software, autonomy, AI, systems integration, hardware, and fielded capabilities into clear and compelling content for both technical and non-technical audiences

- Interview engineers, programme leaders, account leads, and other subject matter experts to extract critical information, identify content gaps, and convert raw inputs into polished written products

- Draft original content describing NODA AI's technical approaches, capabilities, architectures, implementation strategies, management approaches, and mission impact, connecting customer requirements and evaluation criteria to NODA AI's solution and differentiators

- Support proposal development through storyboarding, outlining, drafting, editing, reviews, revisions, final production, and submission, incorporating stakeholder and colour-team feedback throughout

- Review, edit, and integrate contributions from multiple authors into a cohesive voice and narrative, ensuring technical accuracy, clarity, compliance, and persuasiveness

- Collaborate with technical teams and designers to develop graphics, diagrams, tables, and other visual elements that strengthen proposal narratives

- Develop and maintain reusable proposal templates, technical narratives, capability descriptions, past performance content, and boilerplate libraries, ensuring materials remain accurate and current

- Manage multiple concurrent pursuits and compressed timelines while maintaining a consistently high standard of quality

Required Qualifications

- 7+ years of hands-on proposal writing, proposal development, or business development writing experience, with meaningful experience supporting US Government or DoD opportunities

- Bachelor's degree in Business, Journalism, Communications, or a related field

- Proven ability to develop compelling content for Federal proposals, RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, Sources Sought responses, white papers, and other competitive Government submissions

- Strong understanding of the Federal and DoD acquisition environment, including solicitation and proposal processes

- Working knowledge of FAR and DFARS and familiarity with Federal proposal compliance requirements

- Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to turn complex, technical, or incomplete inputs into clear and persuasive narratives

- Demonstrated ability to incorporate capture strategies, win themes, discriminators, customer priorities, and evaluation criteria into proposal content

- Strong information-gathering skills, including the ability to identify gaps, ask the right questions, and develop complete content from disparate inputs

- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, including complex document formatting, styles, templates, and proposal production

- U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

- Active DoD security clearance, Secret or higher

- Experience in defense technology, aerospace, autonomous systems, or another highly regulated technical environment

- Familiarity with DoD acquisition pathways and non-traditional acquisition mechanisms including OTAs, CSOs, BAAs, SBIR/STTR, and rapid acquisition efforts

- Knowledge of formal proposal development methodologies including Shipley, colour-team reviews, compliance matrices, storyboarding, and competitive positioning

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