15Y SME - TECH/OPERATOR II - LSI
Jacksonville, FL 32201
About the Job
About LSI
LSI is an employee-owned company and employs dynamic teams of professionals – people with the finest technical expertise, a level of passionate creativity, and a truly visionary outlook who deliver innovative training solutions that exceed our customer’s expectations. Everyone at LSI has a personal stake in our success.
LSI has over 400 training and training support experts, engineers, and craftsmen on staff who develop state-of-the-art high-fidelity training devices, complex computer-based, highly interactive distributed learning products, and comprehensive, dynamic technical publications. LSI employee-owners collaborate to deliver training products and services for a myriad of programs and customers, using leading edge technology and proven processes.
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Job Summary:
Serves as an Apache AH-64D/E helicopter Subject Matter Expert (SME) during technician or operator courseware product development, testing, initial delivery or revision and maintenance (R&M) programs for new or modified military doctrine, systems or subsystems or support systems. Provides subject matter expertise to design and develop courseware or conduct technician or operator training for AH-64D/E systems and subsystems in accordance with contractual specifications, standards, and instructions. This position is contingent upon contract award.
Background Requirements:
Essential Job Functions:
• Analyzes, designs, and develops training courses and computer-based courseware from source material according to applicable standards and formats. Uses company-developed software tools as well as off-the-shelf products to develop training.
• Participates on a work team comprised of the Project Manager, other SMEs, Instructional Designers, Software Engineers, and Graphics Specialists to produce courseware or training devices.
• Externally, interacts with Instructional Designers and SMEs from the customer representatives as required.
• Is responsible for the safe, mature, discretionary handling of Government Furnished Equipment/Information (GFE/GFI) and that could include Government materials, sensitive material(s) (documents and equipment), and any end items used for training.
• Attends training conferences, In-Process Reviews (IPRs) and other required meetings to gather source data for courseware and curriculum development.
• May act as Lead SME on the work team, providing training and guidance to other team members.
• May advise the Department Director or senior managers of business development opportunities in the area of subject matter expertise.
• May be required to work occasionally outside of normal working hours due to travel, availability of training equipment, time shared work benches or aircraft as specified by the contract.
• Works a standard weekly schedule of 40 hours with overtime as required.
• Performs other duties as required.
Non-Essential Job Functions:
• Assist in the development of training level of effort estimates for customers.
• Assist in the development of various proposals within the company.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Must be able to clearly articulate the function and basic operation of AH-64D and/or AH-64E systems and subsystems relating to the 15Y MOS.
• Must be able to work independently to proactively develop training materials.
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be able to interact with military or Government personnel.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills to accept assignments and communicate technical concepts in layman's terms.
• Must have the aptitude to quickly learn computer skills for web-based courseware development.
• Must be capable of working with standard office equipment such as personal computers, scanners, printers, copiers, E-mail, FAX machines and other required audio/visual equipment.
• Must be available for minimal travel as required by contract.
• Ability to obtain a security clearance.
Education:
• High School graduate or GED equivalent.
Experience:
• Minimum of ten years of field experience in a 15Y position on the Apache helicopter (AH-64D or E) required.
• Maintenance experience within the last year desired, but not required.
• Completion of 128th AVN Advanced Leaders Course (ALC) desired but not required.
• Successful completion of an approved Military Instructor Training Program desired but not required.
• Army Basic Instructor Course (ABIC) desired but not required.
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, etc.) software knowledge preferred.