MQ-9B Instructor Pilot-EN

CAE; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an MQ-9B Instructor Pilot, where your passion for instructional delivery can shape the future of aircrew training. This full-time position offers the chance to work with cutting-edge simulation technologies and collaborate with experts in the field. You'll play a vital role in empowering pilots and ensuring they perform at their best in high-stakes situations. With a commitment to innovation and excellence, this role not only promises a stimulating work environment but also a career path filled with opportunities for growth and development. Be part of a team that values your contributions and supports your professional journey.

Benefits

Defined Benefits Retirement Plan

Stocks Purchased Plan

Flexible Vacations

Competitive Maternity and Parental Leave Policies

International Relocation Packages

Qualifications

• Superior interpersonal and communication skills essential for effective teaching.
• Experience with writing and amending multimedia instructional courseware.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of the joint Pilot and Sensor Operator MQ-9B course.
• Provide SME support to the Mission Intelligence Coordinator course.

Skills

Instructional Delivery

Communication Skills

Courseware Development

Pilot Instruction

Quality Standards Knowledge

Education

Formal Training in Instructional Techniques

Manned Aircraft Instrument Rating

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One CAE. Infinite Possibilities.

Shaping a better future, led by technology, together

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.

About This Role

One CAE. Infinite Possibilities.

Shaping a better future, led by technology, together

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.

Passionate about instructional delivery? Looking for a work environment where you can influence the next generation of Royal Canadian Air Force 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. This is a full-time position. The target timeframe for interviewing candidates is Fall 2024 with a start date early 2026.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Delivery of the joint Pilot and Sensor Operator (SO) MQ-9B course incorporating theory, synthetic and live phases.
• Provide Pilot subject matter expertise (SME) support to the Mission Intelligence Coordinator (MIC) course.
• Provide oral and written SME to other members of the CAE Mission Crew cadre.
• Ensure delivered training is consistent with training objectives and teaching points in the training plan, per applicable training standards.
• Delivery of synthetic training using complex simulators and scenario generation systems.
• 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 student 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.
  
  

Qualifications And Education Requirements

• 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 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 Pilot Instructor on an MQ series platform.
• Formal training in Instructional Techniques.
• Manned aircraft Instrument rating.
• Launch and Recovery experience.
• Close Air Support experience.
• Kinetic effects delivery experience.
• Maritime Domain experience. Link-16 experience.
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to Signals intelligence.
• Exposure to Automatic Identification System (AIS).
• Experience as a Standard Unit or Central Flying School member.
• >300 formal instructional hours.
• Non RPAS military aviation experience.
  
  

CAE offers you

• Working environment of 2024 Canada’s top 100 employers.
• A dynamic and innovative environment in which to grow
• A stimulating career path and internal mobility.
• International relocation packages for eligible employees, including Canadian work permit.
• Attractive benefits, including but not limited to:
• Defined benefits retirement plan;
• Stocks purchased plan;
• Flexible vacations;
• Competitive maternity and parental leave policies;
• And more.
  
  

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 indentity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, age, or other characteristics protected by local laws.

If you don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed in the job posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [e-mail].

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

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