IAMD Warfare Instructor – Navy Training Lead (Onsite)

General Dynamics IT; Dahlgren (VA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics IT is seeking a U.S. Navy IAMD Instructor to provide advanced instruction, mentorship, and performance evaluation for Navy officers and watch teams in integrated air and missile defense operations.

The role emphasizes developing tactical proficiency, decision-making skills, and effective command-and-control practices in labs and simulators. The position requires delivering complex scenarios, real-time coaching, and post-exercise debriefs while ensuring personnel are prepared for

Qualifications

• Advanced operational knowledge of Navy Integrated Air and Missile Defense operations.
• Knowledge of radar, sensors, combat systems, communications networks, and their integration into BMD operations.
• Strong understanding of tactical planning, threat evaluation, track management, engagement coordination, and watchstanding principles.
• Demonstrated ability to instruct, coach, and mentor experienced warfare watch teams.
• Exceptional verbal communication, briefing, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute high-fidelity laboratory and simulator exercises designed to replicate complex ballistic missiles and integrated air-defense environments.
• Provide real-time mentorship and coaching during tactical exercises while allowing students to develop independent decision-making and leadership skills.
• Evaluate student and watch-team performance against established tactical, operational, and qualification standards.
• Assess the ability of watch teams to maintain situational awareness and develop an accurate tactical picture using available sensor, combat-system, communications, and tactical-data information.
• Train personnel to recognize, evaluate, prioritize, and respond to developing ballistic missile and air threats within established operational procedures.
• Develop complex scenarios incorporating multiple tactical tracks, changing threat conditions, communications challenges, competing priorities, and time-sensitive decision-making.
• Evaluate command-and-control processes, watch-team coordination, communication, information management, and tactical execution.
• Conduct detailed post-exercise debriefs and after-action reviews to identify strengths, deficiencies, lessons learned, and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide individualized remediation and develop targeted training plans for personnel requiring additional instruction.
• Coordinate with instructors, training personnel, watch teams, and command leadership to identify individual and organizational training requirements.
• Incorporate fleet operational experience, lessons learned, system updates, and current tactical practices into training scenarios and curriculum.
• Ensure training events are conducted safely and in accordance with applicable Navy policies, procedures, and information-security requirements.

Skills

Air Defense Operations

Missiles

Threat Analysis

Job description

General Dynamics IT is seeking a U.S. Navy IAMD Instructor to provide advanced instruction, mentorship, and performance evaluation for Navy officers and watch teams in integrated air and missile defense operations.

The role emphasizes developing tactical proficiency, decision-making skills, and effective command-and-control practices in labs and simulators. The position requires delivering complex scenarios, real-time coaching, and post-exercise debriefs while ensuring personnel are prepared for