Position: FPV Drone UAS & MQT Instructor
Type: Full-time
Location: Silver Strand Training Complex (SSTC), San Diego, CA
Travel: 10%
Contingent Upon Award
Position Summary : The FPV Drone UAS & MQT Instructor provides fulltime, onsite instruction and technical support to NSWG1 and NSWG2, developing, implementing, and instructing FPV curriculum; facilitating weekly currency flights and technical support; scheduling airspace, ranges, and facilities; and ensuring proper flight logging and compliance with standards. The instructor helps establish proficiency standards, integrates current hardware/software and operational payloads, and supports procurement inputs to further NSW UAS capabilities. The role operates within a rigorous security and safety framework and contributes monthly reporting to the Government.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Develop, implement, and instruct FPV curriculum; facilitate NSWG‑1/NSWG‑2 COIs.
Plan/facilitate training events including facility, airspace, and range access
Conduct weekly currency flights and provide technical support (e.g., repairs, troubleshooting)
Schedule airspace/ranges/facilities and support material inputs for FPV procurement & maintenance
Establish/validate proficiency standards (simulated/live hours, live/ordinance integrated strikes)
Integrate current UAS components/software; maintain currency on tactical applications
Ensure proper flight logging after training/events; submit monthly reports to COR
Required Qualifications:
Must hold an active Secret Security Clearance
Valid U.S. driver's license
Ability to obtain a DoD CAC
Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
Clear and effective verbal and written communication
U.S. Citizen with a valid U.S. passport throughout PoP
Ability to maintain a UAS flight physical
Subject to drug testing requirements as specified (preemployment and random during PoP)
Provide monthly reports and participate in Government quality surveillance as required
Experience 3+ years flying, troubleshooting, and fixing FPVs across multiple UAS platforms in contested environments
Experience 3+ years with Betaflight and FPV simulator software
Experience implementing/evaluating/executing training curriculum for foundational flight and advanced piloting in combat/contested environments
Experience with soldering PCBAs and connecting electrical wiring.
Experience in cross-functional DoD teams
Experience vetting cutting-edge FPV/sUAS/cUAS hardware and software
Experience integrating operational payloads/communication pathways into UAS
Experience in counter-UAS TTPs
Hands-On Experience: With kinetic FPVs and associated employment techniques in recent conflicts
Certification: FAA Part 107 certified drone pilot
Physical Ability to:
Work is not sedentary; requires walking, climbing shipboard stairs, standing, stooping, bending; must have adequate eyesight/hearing; no debilitating conditions that preclude austere environments or regular attendance.
Ability to lift 50 lbs.
Physically capable of instructing in the desert, jungle, uneven terrain, and maritime environments while maintaining situational awareness.
Provide medical readiness documentation from a provider.
Physical Demands and Work Environment: While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, listen, and write. The employee frequently is required to use foot/ankle motions, hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is required to stand, walk, sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be the best qualified for the position and successfully perform the functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made (if possible) to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
Company Background: Seventh Dimension LLC provides focused customer support in two core competencies Training & Support Services. Since 2015, we have provided customers with flexible, adaptable, and creative approaches to solving complex problems. We are a proven prime contractor that understands future operating environments, fiscal constraints, and current force requirements. We are a SDVOSB in North Carolina with a TS Facility Clearance, Secret storage and a DCAA compliant accounting system.
Disclaimer: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.
Seventh Dimension, LLC is a Veteran friendly employer and provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.