UAS Flight Instructor (15W)

JOB DESCRIPTION
• 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.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

Required:
• 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:
• either 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:
o TRADOC instructor evaluations.
o Oral academic evaluations.
o No-notice evaluations.
o Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization (DES) evaluations.
o Proficiency Flight evaluations (PFEs).
o 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 up to at least 50 minutes and
walk at least 100 meters across uneven or unpaved surfaces.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Rotational shift work is required; typically, 24/5 coverage, with rotations and shift hours based on work
section requirements.

Preferred:

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

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (Certifications, Etc.)

• 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.