DroneUp | Instructor

UAS Pilot Instructor
Petersburg, VA
Job Type Full-time

Description

DroneUp is seeking a Drone Pilot Instructor for our Learning and Development team. The Drone Pilot Instructor conducts Flight School workshops and seminars, ranging from 1:1 instruction to group engagements as well as oversees the build-out of a training curriculum to support the scaling of our operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational control and responsibility for curriculum management, flight operations manuals, and regulatory oversight training
• Develop lesson plans and conduct ground training modules covering aircraft systems, including normal, abnormal, and emergency operations
• Manage flight training facilities and the associated budget
• Establish and reviews course content to ensure relevancy
• Maintain accurate student training records, student logbooks, and computer records
• Set standards for each training program (i.e. required, optional and safety-related)
• Engage with Subject Matter Experts responsible for building and publishing guides, checklists, manuals, and procedures for training programs
• Demonstrate hands-on, practical training specific to multiple drones used for Flight Operations
• Lead strategic and operational planning to ensure the viability of flight training
• Other duties as assigned by the Flight Training Manager

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in UAS, Aviation, or a related field required
• 3 or more years of UAS specific experience required
• Part 107 certified with significant flight experience required
• Training development and instructional design experience preferred
• The instructor must be knowledgeable about topics related to successfully operating a drone such as FAA regulations, weather, privacy issues, battery maintenance, etc.
• Experience with ArduPilot preferred
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time
• CFI-I preferred

This position also requires the following essential functions:

• Visual acuity (e.g., needed to prepare and analyze data, to transcribe documents, to view a computer, to read, to inspect objects, to operate machinery
• Walking
• Hearing
• Talking
• Capacity to reason and make sound decisions
• Ability to regularly perform all job functions at Company’s office or work site
• Fingering (e.g., picking, pinching, typing, or other working that uses the fingers)
• Ability to read complex documents in the [English] language
• Ability to write complex documents in the [English] language
• Capacity to express thoughts orally (e.g., accurately, quick and loudly convey spoken instructions to workers)
• Capacity to think, concentrate and focus over long periods of time
• Repetitive motions of any part of the body