AH64E Instructor Pilot

Role Overview

Instructor Pilot specializing in AH-64E aircraft at V2X, a global defense and infrastructure company with 120 years of mission support experience. The role is based at customer locations, including international assignments.

Company Overview

V2X builds smart solutions integrating physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield. The company has $3.9B in revenue and 16,000 employees working globally to support clients' most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.

Role Purpose

Execute diverse instructional and evaluative responsibilities for AH-64E aircrew, including initial integration training, qualification courses, and proficiency assessments aligned to US Army Aircrew Training Manual standards and customer-specific training plans.

Key Responsibilities

Training & Instruction

• Conduct initial ATP integration, continuation training, the Initial Aircraft Qualification Course (AQC), and Aircraft Qualification Training (AQT).
• Train and evaluate aviation pilots in the AH-64E aircraft in accordance with the US Army ATM and specific unit ATP guidelines.
• Deliver academic and hands-on performance training in classroom, aircraft, and flight training device settings.
• Provide AH-64E and gunnery instruction in classroom and flight settings, including individual and group sessions.
• Deliver contact, basic instrument, and basic combat skills training to meet US Army standards per the government-approved ATM.
• Prepare crewmembers through realistic mission training flight maneuvers under local environmental conditions, including dust landings and weather-specific desert training.
• Provide aircrew proficiency training in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) in and outside controlled airspace under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and/or international Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) flight rules.

Evaluation & Readiness

• Evaluate employee and customer crewmembers based on requirements outlined in the US Army Aircrew Training Manual and MNG Modernization Training Plan.
• Administer evaluations to ensure aircrew proficiency and maintain Individual Aircrew Training Folder (IATF) with requisite training, currency, and readiness entries.
• Conduct and evaluate individual readiness level progression tasks, including instrument flight tasks during day, night, night vision system (NVS), and night vision goggle (NVG), and instrument flight rules (IFR).

Program Support & Mentorship

• Support the development and execution of an Aviation Aircrew Training Program in accordance with customer guidance.
• Verify and confirm that all required flight training publications are current and complete.
• Attend meetings as required by customer(s).
• Attend and provide training and mission planning input to weekly scheduling meetings based on ATP requirements.
• Act as ATP mentor within the company standardization and battalion standardization team as needed by the customer, including Master Gunner training and mentorship.
• Provide guidance and mentorship for field exercises at tenant locations.
• Recommend aviation instructor pilot and Pilot in Command appointments to customer leadership.

Project & Leadership

• May be assigned as project lead to support program goals within the guidance of the PWS, including technical writing of aviation documents.
• Perform within broad guidelines of duties and responsibilities with significant choice of methods and authority to select and implement goals and objectives.
• Execute IP duties at offsite locations based on customer needs.
• Fulfill additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Experience

• Associate's degree or higher required.
• Must have been qualified as a pilot in command with 1,000 hours minimum.
• Graduate of the AH-64 Instructor Pilot Course (IPC)/Methods of Instruction (MOI) course at an authorized US Army Aviation Proponent School, or completion of an IP equivalency evaluation administered by a standardization instructor pilot (SP) selected by the Directorate of Evaluations and Standardization (DES).
• Qualified on the AH-64E Series Aircraft required.
• Master Gunner course qualification preferred; Master Gunner experience at battalion or brigade level recommended.
• Minimum 1,500 total flight hours.
• Minimum 500 flight hours Instructor Pilot time.
• Minimum 250 flight hours NVS/NVG.
• FAA Commercial Pilot certificate required.
• FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) recommended.
• Successfully pass the FAA Class II Flight Physical upon hire and annually thereafter.
• As a condition of employment in Saudi Arabia, all candidates must successfully complete the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development's Qualification Verification Program (QVP) to ensure eligibility for visa processing and employment authorization.

Additional Information

• V2X is committed to equal employment opportunity, including protection for Veterans and individuals with disabilities, and fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.