F/A-18 Instructor Pilot

POSITION IS PENDING CONTRACT AWARD

POSITION LOCATION: Southeast Asia/Middle East

Position Responsibilities:

• Provides flight, simulator, and academic instruction to host nation pilots in customer-owned F/A-18E/F Block III Super Hornet aircraft
• Conducts familiarization, qualification, upgrade, standardization, flight, and ground instruction in support of customer courses ranging from CAT I to advanced training, including air-to-air gunnery, air-to-ground strike, day/night in-flight refueling, and day/night low-level training
• Maintains aircrew training materials and courseware
• Assists the customer operations and training staff in development of aircrew instructional philosophy, syllabi, evaluation criteria, and approaches for standardizing training materials, delivery, and training standards
• Performs as Subject Matter Expert for courseware maintenance support
• Assists host nation in building aircraft, employment, and weapons briefings to support host nation continuation training
• Establishes qualifications and training standards
• Job requires completion of appropriate F/A-18 Block III differences training or transition in the aircraft
• Act as a liaison between KAI and KAI subcontractor personnel on administrative matters related to tasks ranging from residency and immigration actions to Base access.
• Interface with the end customer on pilot and ground training specialist scheduling and availability and communicate time-sensitive information across the in-country F-18 Contractor Instructional Services team.
• Provide the site manager with sortie and simulator completion metrics and status of qualifications on a monthly basis.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work on-site at a location in the Southeast Asia/Middle East There may be additional U.S.-based training in advance of international relocation.

This position requires an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance. (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active.)

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 800 hours+ Pilot-In-Command and/or Instructor Pilot time in the F/A-18 aircraft or equivalent fighter aircraft
• 8+ years of military flying experience
• Current F/A-18 NATOPS or equivalent qualification
• Compliance with CNAF-M 3710.7 standards, including required recurrent swim physiology and hypoxia training, and meeting F/A-18 anthropometric requirements for ejection-seat aircraft
• Pilot wings attained through a US Navy, Marine Corps or USAF approved undergraduate pilot training program
• Completion of a US Navy, Marine Corps or USAF high-performance fighter certification program

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• A combination of F/A-18C and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet experience or equivalent
• F/A-18 Fleet Replacement Squadron Instructor Pilot or equivalent
• F/A-18 Division Lead or equivalent
• Top Gun Weapons and Tactics Instructor or equivalent
• Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System Instructor

Long-term Assignment details:

• Candidate must be able to obtain a work visa, depending on requirements of the country
• Candidate must be able to meet the cultural requirements of the country, as applicable
• Employment is contingent on the candidate’s ability to satisfy all labor and immigration formalities of the country