Fighter Pilot Operations SME - Langley AFB, VA 1

Serco; Mountain Home Air Force Base (ID); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Serco Inc. seeks a Fighter Pilot or WSO / CSO / NFO Operations SME for the CAF DTC at Langley AFB, VA. You will facilitate training for U.S. and allied aircrew by role-playing fighters in Distributed Mission Operations. You will stay current on threats and tactics and support LFEs and small team events.

Required active Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI and SAP/SAR, plus 9 years’ fighter aviator experience or 7 years with a Master’s or 4 years with a PhD. Travel up to 10% is expected.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI and SAP/SAR.
• Bachelor’s Degree with 9 years’ fighter aviator experience.
• Master’s degree with 7 years’ experience.
• PhD with 4 years’ experience.
• Former Fighter Pilot, NFO, CSO or WSO with listed aircraft.
• Knowledge of AFTTP 3-1 fighter employment or equivalent manual.
• Operationally relevant experience within the past 10 years (simulator ok).
• Travel ability to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Support daily training by scheduling, mission planning, briefing, executing and debriefing LFEs/Small Team events.
• Attend CAF exercise planning conferences and translate training requirements into missions.
• Provide consulting to military/defense clients for training and doctrine development.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

Travel 10%

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

Master’s Degree

PhD

Tools

Aircraft: F-15 family, F-16, F/A-18, EA-18G, F-22, F-35

Job description

Position Description & Qualifications

Serco seeks a Fighter Pilot or WSO / CSO / NFO Operations SME for Air Combat Command’s Combat Air Forces Distributed Training Center (CAF DTC) at Langley AFB, VA. Daily, the CAF DTC provides world-class integration training in large force and small team formats to combat units around the globe against cutting-edge threats in a boundless virtual battlespace.

An active U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance with ability to obtain to TS/SCI and SAP/SAR is required.

If selected, you will facilitate integration training for U.S. and allied military aircrew, air battle managers, and Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) by role-playing fighter aircraft in Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) events. You’ll learn and execute missions using Combat Environment Server (CES), Next Generation Threat System (NGTS), and/or Modern Air Combat Environment (MACE). You’ll stay current on threats, tactics, techniques, and procedures by reviewing tactics manuals, flash bulletins and tactics bulletins.

In this role, you will:

• Support daily training by scheduling, mission planning, creating mission materials, briefing, executing, and debriefing the DTC’s Large Force Exercises (LFEs) and Small Team events.

• Attend CAF exercise planning conferences (e.g. RED FLAG), meetings, and sites to discuss unit training requirements. Then, you’ll help the DTC incorporate those unit training requirements into missions.

• Provide consulting expertise to military and/or defense clients to develop and evaluate military training and doctrine. You may provide specialized planning and/or execution expertise in specialized phases of military training exercises--including doctrinal development, scenario development, after action review and data analysis.

The U.S. Air Force can only train to its full capability against modern threats in a virtual environment. Be a part of that environment and continue to make the USAF the best air force in the world, at the CAF DTC.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• An active Secret security clearance with ability to obtain to TS/SCI and SAP/SAR

• A Bachelor’s Degree with 9 years’ experience as a fighter aviator,

• or a Master’s degree with 7 years’ experience,

• or PhD with 4 years’ experience

• To be a former Fighter Pilot, NFO, CSO, or WSO with any of the following Aircraft: F-15C/E/EX, F-16C, F/A-18, EA-18G, F-22, F-35

• A thorough knowledge of AFTTP 3-1 fighter employment or other service equivalent manual

• Operationally relevant experience within the past 10 years (simulator experience considered)

• To be able to travel 10%.

Additional desired experience and skills:

• Possessing an active DoD Top Secret security clearance

• Mission Commander qualified

• Instructor Pilot/WSO/CSO/NFO experience

• Thorough knowledge of 5th gen fighter employment and/or integration

Company Overview

Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. In North America, Serco’s 9,000+ employees strive to make an impact every day across 100+ sites in the areas of Defense, Citizen Services, and Transportation. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state, provincial and local governments, and commercial clients. While your place may look a little different depending on your role, we know you will find yours here. Wherever you work and whatever you do, we invite you to discover your place in our world. Serco is a place you can count on and where you can make an impact because every contribution matters.

To review Serco benefits please visit: https://careers.serco-na.com/us/en/what-we-offer . If you require an accommodation with the application process please email: [e-mail] or call the HR Service Desk at 800-628-6458, option 1. Please note, due to EEOC/OFCCP compliance, Serco is unable to accept resumes by email.

Candidates may be asked to present proof of identity during the selection process. If requested, this will require presentation of a government-issued I.D. (with photo) with name and address