Senior ISD Courseware Lead (MELD) – Military Training

CAE USA; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 106,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Work-life balance promotion

Safe working environment

Recognition and professional growth

Job summary

CAE USA Inc. is seeking a Lead Courseware Revision & Maintenance ISD Specialist to oversee sustainment, revision, and modernization of courseware for Royal Australian Navy aviation training at HMAS Albatross in Nowra, Australia.

This senior role directs all courseware lifecycle activities, ensuring updates align with platform changes, customer directives, and MELD standards. The on-site role requires collaboration with technical and instructional stakeholders to deliver high-quality training

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Instructional Systems Design, Education, Learning Technology, or related field.
• 7+ years in courseware development/maintenance for defense, aviation, or military environments.
• MELD (Media Enhanced Learning Design) experience mandatory.
• Demonstrated mastery of ISD processes including objective development, sequencing, assessment alignment, and multimedia integration.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Secret clearance for work on classified training programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead recurring and ad-hoc courseware updates, including syllabi changes, lesson revisions, concurrency updates, and integration of new aircraft/system information.
• Manage version control, configuration management, and conformance with CAE style standards and program requirements.
• Conduct content gap analysis, media updates, assessment reviews, and training sequence improvements using MELD methodology.
• Oversee creation of Media Selection Syllabus Reports (MSSR), Lesson Specification Reports (LSR), learning objectives, assessments, and supporting instructional materials.
• Serve as the senior ISD specialist ensuring all courseware design aligns with MELD, CAE processes, and customer training doctrine.
• Apply ISD analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation (ADDIE) processes across all updates.
• Collaborate closely with subject-matter experts (SMEs), instructors, engineers, and customer representatives to verify accuracy and operational relevance.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team of ISD developers, media designers, and courseware specialists.
• Conduct quality reviews, SCORM validations, and conformance checks against instructional standards.
• Ensure all courseware updates comply with classified handling requirements and DoD-driven processes.
• Act as the direct Nowra site representative for courseware discussions with customers, program management, instructors, and engineering teams.
• Recommend enhancements to courseware processes, workflows, media design, and digital learning strategy.

Skills

Leadership

ISD processes

MELD experience

SCORM validation

Security clearance (DoD) required

Education

Bachelor's degree in Instructional Systems Design, Education, Learning Technology, or related discipline

Tools

SCORM

LMS/LCMS

Job description

CAE USA Inc. is seeking a Lead Courseware Revision & Maintenance ISD Specialist to oversee sustainment, revision, and modernization of courseware for Royal Australian Navy aviation training at HMAS Albatross in Nowra, Australia.

This senior role directs all courseware lifecycle activities, ensuring updates align with platform changes, customer directives, and MELD standards. The on-site role requires collaboration with technical and instructional stakeholders to deliver high-quality training