UAS Flight Instructor - Shadow

Job Summary:

Individuals serving as flight instructors (Shadow RQ-7B) are required to provide flight and simulation instruction in support of the US Army’s UAS Training Battalion located at Ft Huachuca, AZ.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develops; tests; maintains; and delivers moderately complex flight and simulations training programs; typically 90% of daily effort.

• Establishes and reviews course content as required.

• Maintains records of training activities; participant progress; and flight information.

• Updates course documentation on a regular basis to ensure timeliness and relevance, as required.

• May provide leadership and evaluation for other instructors, as assigned.

• Stays current with new training; educational; and multimedia technologies.

• Maintains current knowledge (currency) of all equipment and software utilized by our customer to provide training.

• Participates in special projects within the scope of the Performance Work Statement (PWS), on a limited and/or rotational basis.

• May be required to operate/instruct any of the customer's UAS platforms, based on customer’s training throughput (surge).

• Must be able to work all shifts and/or modified split shifts.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must have at least four years’ operational flying (post initial qualification) experience within the last five years.

• Must have at least 200 hours on the Shadow 200 V2 UAS, 20 hours of which, must be as an Aircraft Commander (AC) in Shadow.

• Must have System qualification/ verification:

  • Army Qualification Certificates, DD214, DA 7122.

  • Or OEM and DCMA for OEM qualified. For OEM: DCMA (1821, 2628 stating qualifications).

  • For contractors who have both Army and civilian qualifications, Mil forms and DCMA stating qualifications is preferred.

  • Must have been AC designated/verified via DD form 759, or DCMA/OEM.

  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a flight physical per AR 95-20.

• Must be able to satisfactorily complete all evaluations per AR 95-20 to include:

  • TRADOC instructor evaluations.

  • Oral academic evaluations.

  • No-notice evaluations.

  • Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization (DES) evaluations.

  • Proficiency Flight evaluations (PFEs).

  • Standardization Flight Evaluations (SFE).

• Strong interpersonal, coaching and team building skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with the U.S. Army Aviation or other Government contracting agencies.

• Must be able to ascend and descend stairs; stand for an extended period of time up to at least 50 minutes and walk at least 100 meters across uneven or unpaved surfaces.

• Must be a US Citizen 12) Rotational shift work is required; typically 24/5 coverage, with rotations and shift hours based on work section requirements.

Education Requirements:

• High School Graduate, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, or work/military experience.

Special Requirements:

• Must obtain a Class II Flight Physical prior to employment and be able to maintain a Class II flight physical per AR 95-20.

• Must be able to satisfactorily complete all evaluations to include TRADOC instructor evaluations per 2/13th Aviation Regiment SOPs, and oral academic evaluations, no-notice evaluations, DES, PFEs, and SFE per AR 95-20.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance if required.

• Travel up to 10% required possible.

Desired Qualifications:

• Recency of flight: 12 hours as AC within the last 12 months.

• Instructor/Operator (IO) designation, earned at either Ft. Huachuca or certified by Army Aviation’s Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization (DES).

• Prior TRADOC experience; Instructor/Operator hours in training environment preferred; multi-platform quals preferred.

• Prior deployment and operation of the platform applying to instruct.

• Familiarity with ISO- certified Quality Management System.

• Current active US Secret Clearance.