What are the responsibilities and job description for the FPV Instructor position at People, Technology & Processes, LLC?
Description
Position title: FPV Instructor
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Clearance required: SECRET
Responsibilities Include (but Are Not Limited To)
Qualifications:
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:
- 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.