Engineering Communications Specialist
Posted: 07/28/2026
Industry: Professional and Administration
Job Number: 19385
Security Clearance: NA / not required
Work Model: On-site
Job Description
Job Title: Engineering Communications Specialist
Pay Rate: $40-$48/hr.Â
Location: Natick
Duration: 1-year assignment (approved until July 2027)
Shift: M-F 1st Shift
Core Competencies & Soft Skills:
The Engineering Communications Specialist is a hands-on, high-judgment individual contributor embedded within the Office of the Chief of Staff (OCOS). The role partners directly with Engineering leadership to translate complex technical strategies, operating priorities, and transformation initiatives into clear, compelling, and actionable communications.
You will act as a force multiplier for leadership—ensuring messages are not just delivered, but understood, retained, and acted upon. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, execution, and narrative—and requires both sharp thinking and strong output.
 Responsibilities:
Content Development & Execution
Core Capabilities
Pay Rate: $40-$48/hr.Â
Location: Natick
Duration: 1-year assignment (approved until July 2027)
Shift: M-F 1st Shift
Core Competencies & Soft Skills:
- High level of maturity and autonomy; no handholding required.
- Ability to sit in executive-level meetings, extract key communication points, and independently craft executive-level communications and presentations.
- Strong executive summarizing and message alignment skills.
- Advanced proficiency in the Microsoft 365 Suite (PowerPoint, Word) for creating high-level presentations and executive summaries utilizing data.
- System Environment: The broader engineering group uses Atlassian tools (Jira, Jama), but the candidate will primarily operate within standard business tools rather than technical engineering software. Location & Work Dynamics
The Engineering Communications Specialist is a hands-on, high-judgment individual contributor embedded within the Office of the Chief of Staff (OCOS). The role partners directly with Engineering leadership to translate complex technical strategies, operating priorities, and transformation initiatives into clear, compelling, and actionable communications.
You will act as a force multiplier for leadership—ensuring messages are not just delivered, but understood, retained, and acted upon. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, execution, and narrative—and requires both sharp thinking and strong output.
 Responsibilities:
Content Development & Execution
- Create high-quality communication assets, including:
- Executive presentations and leadership decks
- Organization-wide updates, announcements, and narratives
- Talking points, FAQs, and summaries
- Internal knowledge hub and content platforms
- Ensure all communications are clear, concise, audience-appropriate, and high signal
- Translate Engineering strategy, transformation efforts, and operating priorities into clear, repeatable messaging
- Build and maintain core narrative frameworks used across leadership communications
- Drive consistency across forums, channels, and leadership voices
- Partner directly with the Chief of Staff and Engineering leaders to:
- Shape messaging for all-hands, QBRs, and major milestones
- Prepare executives with strong framing and talking points
- Serve as a trusted advisor on how and when to communicate (without owning the decisions)
- Support communications tied to planning cycles, product milestones, and org changes
- Develop structured communication plans for changes in process, tooling, or operating model
- Reinforce messaging over time across multiple channels to drive adoption
- Partner with Enterprise Communications to ensure alignment with corporate voice and standards
- Translate enterprise messaging for Engineering audiences (and vice versa)
- Ensure Engineering’s story is accurately represented at the enterprise level
Core Capabilities
- Exceptional writing and editing skills (you are the final quality bar)
- Ability to distill complex technical topics into clear, plain language
- Strong storytelling instincts and narrative development skills
- High judgment and discretion when working with senior leaders
- Executive-level presentation and slide development
- Experience supporting change, transformation, or large-scale initiatives
- Comfort working directly with engineers and technical leadership
- Strong sense of structure, flow, and visual communication
- Operates independently with minimal direction
- Influences without formal authority
- Balances speed with accuracy
- Thrives in ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Detail-oriented without losing the bigger picture
- 5+ years in communications, internal communications, or a similar role
- Experience supporting senior leadership in complex organizations
- Exposure to engineering, technology, or R&D environments strongly preferred
- Experience in matrixed organizations is a plus
- Leaders consistently rely on and trust your communications
- Messages are clearly understood across Engineering
- Communication improves alignment
- Changing initiatives land faster because people understand them
- Strong alignment between Engineering messaging and enterprise narratives
- Owns the creation and quality of Engineering internal communications
- Influences messaging clarity, timing, format, and channel strategy
- Partners closely with:
- Engineering Leadership Team
- Enterprise Communications
- Engineering Operations & Program Management
- HR and IT (for change execution)
Meet Your Recruiter
Emily Donahue
Regional Recruiting Manager
- Directs the recruitment efforts for both the Quincy, MA and Providence, RI branches.
- Manages a distributed team of recruiting leads, individual contributor recruiters and account managers.
- Responsible for leading the fulfillment and execution of sourcing, recruiting, sales and business development practices across the region.
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