Simulator Training Instructor

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Group Overview

Air Mobility Group (AIRMOB) is responsible for developing and delivering Metrea’s aerial refueling (AAR) capabilities, ensuring the readiness and operational effectiveness of the tanker fleet. AIRMOB oversees fleet management, maintenance, and airworthiness, working to sustain and enhance refueling operations. It manages the integration of new processes and technologies, ensuring that tanker aircraft remain mission-ready through effective logistics, maintenance oversight, and regulatory compliance. By coordinating across various teams, AIRMOB ensures the fleet meets both current and future operational needs, supporting a range of specialized air mobility missions.

Position Summary

Simulator Instructors provide simulator-based instruction in aircraft systems, normal and emergency procedures, and mission scenarios to support pilot recurrent training, recency requirements, upgrade training, and requalification training to support pilot recurring recency training, upgrade training, and requalification training.

What You'll Do

Conduct KC-135 simulator training, instructing crews through normal, abnormal, emergency, and mission-specific scenarios while maintaining a safe and effective training environment

Conduct simulator briefings and debriefings, operate training scenarios, and ensure all required training documentation is completed accurately and efficiently

Apply strong situational awareness (SA) and Crew Resource Management (CRM) principles to develop crew coordination, communication, decision-making, and risk management

Coordinate with the DRG/CAE Simulator Operator to ensure mission profiles and required training syllabi are properly configured for each training event

Provide instruction on KC-135 aircraft systems, operational procedures, checklists, emergency procedures, and mission operations in accordance with company procedures, FAA regulations, and applicable training standards

Evaluate crew performance, provide timely and constructive feedback, and identify deficiencies requiring additional instruction or remediation

Maintain current knowledge of KC-135/C-135 aircraft systems, procedures, training requirements, and applicable regulations

Assist in developing, reviewing, and improving simulator training profiles, lesson plans, courseware, and evaluation materials

Perform additional instructional, training, and administrative duties as assigned

What You Bring

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher learning

Eight years total flying experience, five years military experience, with at least two years KC-135 Pilot flight instructor and training management experience

Must have recent experience as a KC-135 Instructor Pilot / Evaluator Pilot or a KC-135 Simulator Instructor in the last two years

Completion of a formal USAF Instructor training course

Strong facilitation, and data analysis skills required 

IOS operating systems to include iPad / EFB

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required

CFII certificate preferred

Current US-Passport must have 1 year of validity at start of contract

Valid Driver’s License

Must have good command of the English language; oral and written.

Basic skills in Microsoft Office Suite Programs

Flexibility to travel when needed to other CAE/DRG KC-135 Simulator locations when necessary

Benefits

Part-Time employees eligible to participate in the company’s 401k program:

6% employer 401(k) match

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

Applicants must be a U.S. citizen

Clearance required at time of hire: Active Secret clearance required at time of hire, and the ability to maintain it throughout employment

AAP/EEO Statement

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

Options:

As required based on company training necessity

No guaranteed hours per month

Work Environment

Any CAE / DRG KC-135 Simulator location (except Altus AFB and Tampa FL), preference will be given to those who live within driving distance less than 50 miles of a current KC-135 simulator location. No lodging or per diem will be authorized unless asked to travel to a location outside of your home base. Locations subject to change as simulator locations become available.

Travel

Approximately 25% travel required.

Base Pay Range

The compensation range shown below is a good faith estimate and reflects the expected base pay for this position upon hire. This is just one component of Metrea's overall approach to total rewards and final compensation decisions, including the ultimate salary or hourly rate agreed upon, may vary depending on factors such as job location, job-specific knowledge, skills, experience, and the overall negotiated compensation package. Eligible full-time employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package designed to support their health, wellbeing, and long-term success.

Pay Range$100—$100 USD

Our Firmware

At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.

Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.