FPV UAS Instructor

Description Position title : FPV Instructor

Location : Virginia Beach, Virginia

Clearance required : SECRET

Responsibilities Include (but Are Not Limited To)

• Build, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot tactical UAS platforms and associated payloads.
• Conduct flight operations in contested electromagnetic environments, maritime conditions, and degraded visual conditions (low-light/night).
• Integrate tactical UAS employment into small unit maneuver operations, including target identification, grid relay, kinetic strikes, and counter-UAS operations.

Qualifications Qualifications:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

• Ability to maintain a UAS flight physical.

• Documentation of physical readiness from a medical provider.

• Possess a valid U.S driver's license.

• Ability to lift objects of 50 lbs.

• Three years of experience flying, troubleshooting and fixing FPVs across multiple UAS platforms from a tactical perspective in contested environments.

• Experience implementing, evaluating, and executing training curriculum for:

• Foundational flight fundamentals.

• Advanced piloting skills for combat and contested environments.

• Familiarity with soldering Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBAs) and connecting electrical wires.

• Experience working in cross-functional teams, preferably across components within DoD.

• Experience with vetting cutting edge hardware and software technology within FPVs, sUAS, and cUAS systems.

• Proven background of electronics safety, fundamentals, and best practices.

• Three years’ experience with Betaflight and FPV simulator software.

• Experience integrating variety of current and relevant operational payloads and communication pathways into UAS.

• Experience in Counter UAS Operations, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures.

• Experience employing FPVs in real-world combat scenarios.

• FAA Part 107 certified drone pilot.