Amentum | Instructor

Instructor Pilot - UH-72 Rotorcraft Flight Training Specialist

Position Overview

The organization is currently seeking highly qualified candidates for the position of Instructor Pilot. This critical role involves providing expert rotary-wing flight instruction, specifically on the UH-72 Lakota platform. Successful applicants will join a distinguished team of professional aviators dedicated to supporting the U.S. Army's helicopter pilot training programs and contributing directly to national defense objectives. Prior military aviation experience or existing UH-72 qualification is not mandatory for consideration.

The Mission and Environment

This world-class aviation education organization maintains an unparalleled commitment to safety and instructional excellence. The team delivers foundationally important training, adhering strictly to a highly structured curriculum. Serving the aviation education needs of the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and numerous Allied partner nations, the organization trains and educates over 1,200 students annually, providing both rigorous classroom academic instruction and essential hands-on flight training.

The expertise and experience of the instructors are without equal, instilling student pilots with the comprehensive knowledge, skills, and abilities required to fly and survive within today's complex aviation environment. The organization boasts an unprecedented safety record, having accumulated more than 2.5 million hours of flight instruction.

Key Responsibilities

The Instructor Pilot is responsible for teaching, coaching, and mentoring student pilots through intensive training designed to prepare them for future roles as professional military aviators. Despite the inherent risk involved in flight training, safety remains paramount in every aspect of the organizational culture.

Instructors conduct critical flight instruction in state-of-the-art aircraft across an operational area encompassing more than 40,000 square miles within the National Airspace System.

Minimum Pilot Qualifications and Requirements

Pilot Credentials and Certificates

• Must possess either an ICAO equivalent or FAA Commercial Pilot Certificate, and an ICAO equivalent or FAA Flight Instructor Certificate. Both certificates must hold the rotorcraft category, helicopter class, and instrument helicopter ratings.
• Alternatively, candidates may qualify if they are graduates of any Department of Defense (DOD) rotary wing instructor pilot course for rotary wing aircraft.
• Must possess a current FAA Second Class Medical Certificate prior to beginning training.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must provide proof of such authorization.

Required Flight Time Experience

• Total Flight Time: 1,500 hours. (Flight time as pilot-in-command or second-in-command, per FAR 61.51, or as Pilot in Command (PIC) or Pilot (PI) per AR 95-1, in aircraft of any weight or category is creditable for this requirement.)
• Instructor Time: 500 hours.
• Night Flying: 75 hours.
• Instrument Time: Must certify having a combination of 100 hours of hooded instrument, flight simulator instrument, or weather pilot time.
• Must have instructional experience specifically training students in instrument flight.
• Basic Warfighter Skills Applicants: Must be certified Night Vision Goggle (NVG) qualified and possess 200 hours of NVG time.

Employment Conditions

• Applicants are subject to Government approval and the terms of a mandatory 12-month Employment Training Agreement.
• Selected candidates must successfully pass and maintain a U.S. Government background security check (National Agency Check with Inquiries - NACI).
• Applicants selected for hire must successfully complete all internal training requirements and pass a government acceptance checkride.
• The Instructor Pilot must not exceed 250 pounds while wearing the flight duty uniform.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The organization is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including related medical conditions), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.