Tactical Coordinator (TACCO) Instructor

CAE; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider is seeking an instructor for the Canadian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) Operational Training Unit in Ottawa. This role includes delivering comprehensive training for aircrew, ensuring high standards of learning are maintained. Candidates should have exceptional communication skills and previous experience in military instructional roles, particularly as a TACCO instructor. CAE offers a supportive work environment with opportunities for professional growth and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Defined benefits retirement plan

Flexible work hours and teleworking policy

Attractive maternity and parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Capable of delivering the CQ-9B Tactical Coordinator course effectively.
• Expertise in training media to meet educational standards.
• Familiar with best practices in instructional delivery.

Responsibilities

• Deliver TACCO course including theory and practical phases.
• Compile student progress reports and provide SME support.
• Ensure training consistency with established objectives.

Skills

Superior interpersonal and communication skills

Experience with writing and amending multi-media instructional courseware

Familiar with quality standards, training plans

Eligibility to work in Canada

Capable of obtaining a Government of Canada NATO SECRET security clearance

Ability to perform tasks in live and synthetic settings

Previous experience as a TACCO instructor

Formal training in Instructional Techniques

Anti-surface Unit Warfare and Search and Rescue experience

Weaponeering effects delivery experience

Link-16 experience

Job description

About This Role

All for equipping teams to excel. Training Centre Operations at CAE lies at the heart of our commitment to training excellence across Civil Aviation and Defense & Security. As part of this team, you’ll develop and provide training, continually enhance program quality, and ensure seamless operations and service excellence, empowering pilots, aircrew, and mission-critical teams to excel when it matters most. Behind the scenes, you play a vital role in equipping them with the skills and readiness they need to succeed—through every moment, milestone, and mission. With a team that values growth, collaboration, and a shared sense of purpose, CAE offers a dynamic environment where your contributions to training create a lasting impact on the future of safety and readiness worldwide.

Passionate about instructional delivery? Looking for a work environment where you can influence the next generation of Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) aircrew and collaborate with other aircrew experts? Want to join a worldclass company and industry leader and be proud to contribute to our projects and mission? Come join our team and share your passion with us! We need you to complete our team as part of the Canadian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) Operational Training Unit (OTU) instructor cadre in Ottawa.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of the CQ-9B Tactical Coordinator (TACCO) course incorporating theory, synthetic and live flying phases.
• Provide TACCO subject matter expertise (SME) support to the joint Pilot and Sensor Operator (SO) CQ-9B course.
• Provide oral and written SME to other members of the CAE Mission Crew Instructor cadre.
• Ensure delivered training is consistent with training objectives and teaching points in the training plan, per applicable training standards.
• Delivery of synthetic and live training using complex simulators and scenario generation systems, and the live aircraft.
• Compiling student sortie progress and course debrief reports.
• Reporting instructional issues and deficiencies relative to the course delivery.
• Work autonomously to tackle a broad scope of requirements for aircrew students and customer representatives.
• Effectively deliver oral presentations to aircrew students, customers representatives and CAE management.
• Work independently towards a team goal.
• Contribute to development of courseware and teaching aids.
• Liaise and contribute to student course scheduling.
• Perform occasional travel in support of the project.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required background/Skills/Experience

• Superior interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience with writing and amending multi-media instructional courseware
• Familiar with quality standards, training plans, and training media used to ensure teaching points are met as per Training Standards
• Eligibility to work in Canada either as a Canadian Citizen, a Permanent Resident or on a valid Work Permit
• Capable of obtaining and maintaining both Controlled Goods and a Government of Canada NATO SECRET security clearance
• Physically able to perform all instructional tasks in a live and synthetic setting
• Previous experience as a TACCO instructor, preferably on the CP-140, but other Canadian maritime platforms will be considered
• Formal training in Instructional Techniques
• Anti-surface Unit Warfare and Search and Rescue experience
• Weaponeering effects delivery experience
• Link-16 experience

Preferred Skills

• Airborne collection sensor operating experience
• Exposure to Signals intelligence
• Exposure to Electro Optic / Infra-Red (EO/IR) systems
• Experience of RCAF Standards, Evaluation and Training (SET) organisation
• >100 formal instructional hours
• Military UAV experience
• Land Domain experience

CAE offers

• Working environment of 2024 Canada’s top 100 employers.
• A dynamic and innovative environment within Canada’s Top Defence Company of 2025.
• A stimulating career path and internal mobility.
• Domestic or international relocation packages for eligible employees, including support for Canadian work permit, if required.
• Attractive benefits, including but not limited to:
• • Defined benefits retirement plan
  • Stocks purchased plan
  • Flexible work hours and teleworking policy
  • Flexible vacations
  • Competitive maternity and parental leave policies
  • And more.

Target start date is expected to be Fall 2026.

About CAE

At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying software-based simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, cabin crew, airlines, and defence and security forces to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in approximately 250 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents more than 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators as well as training programs powered by digital technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.

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Position Type

Regular

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, age, or other characteristics protected by local laws.

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