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Position title: USX Instructor Level 3

Location: Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

Clearance required: SECRET

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Expanded Scope: Deliver classroom and hands-on training for USVs, emphasizing operations, tactical employment, and maintenance principles while ensuring compliance with UXSOP standards and DoD regulations.
• Instruction includes mission planning, airspace and maritime deconfliction, operational risk management, pre-flight/post-flight inspections, and integration of unmanned systems into tactical and logistical operations.
•  Incorporate advanced unmanned system capabilities, such as multi-platform coordination (aerial and surface assets), to train for complex mission scenarios and higher-altitude, longer-endurance operational strategies.
• Train trainees on the roles of USVs in supporting SOF and conventional forces. Include ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance), long-range targeting, supply chain support, and cross-domain maritime security using advanced unmanned systems.
• Teach the deployment of Group 3 platforms for kinetic and non-kinetic operations, demonstrating how unmanned systems act as force multipliers for SOF missions under combatant and non-combatant conditions.
• Emphasize how leadership integrates unmanned systems as part of tactical and operational planning. Train participants to command UXS to enhance situational awareness and enable real-time decision-making during small-unit operations.
• Leverage UAS for aerial reconnaissance and USVs for maritime surveillance alongside manned tactical formations, ensuring situational awareness during complex operational movements conducted day and night.
• Employ USVs as part of maritime interdiction and boarding missions, simulating real-time reconnaissance, threat identification, and situational support for tactical boarding teams in diverse conditions.
• Train leaders to integrate long-endurance and multi-platform unmanned systems into troop-leading procedures, focusing on data analysis, rapid risk assessments, and decision-making.
• Utilize Group 3 UAS and USV capabilities to support operational risk management. Focus on real-time data collection to assess terrain hazards, detect threats, and identify safe approach vectors during mission planning.
• Incorporate UAS and USVs to monitor land and maritime ranges during dynamic training operations, ensuring safety by providing high-angle video and surface-level monitoring for RSO (Range Safety Officer) duties.
• Teach mission planning with Group 3 UAS and USVs to optimize their unique ISR, communication relays, logistical support, and targeting capabilities. Incorporate real-time data from unmanned systems for more accurate operational tasking.
• Use USVs in conjunction with Group 3 UAS for tactical navigation in riverine and open-ocean conditions, focusing on route reconnaissance, environmental scanning, and situational updates.
• Augment land navigation training with input from UAS for terrain mapping, route safety assessments, and improved situational awareness for ground-based movements—day and night.
• Train teams to synchronize manned patrols with long-endurance UAS and USVs for persistent area coverage, target tracking, and enhanced situational awareness during extended operations.
• Use Group 3 UAS and biometric devices to track physical training performance. Include physical endurance scenarios simulating rugged deployments with integrated unmanned support systems.
• Teach the fusion of UAS- and USV-gathered data to optimize tactical routes over land and water. Emphasize their advantages in hazard detection and real-time adjustments for dynamic scenarios.
• Conduct combat reaction drills incorporating Group 3 UAS and USVs as mock adversaries or support assets to simulate realistic threat dynamics and tactical responses under pressure.
• Conduct special reconnaissance training with Group 3 UAS and USVs, focusing on stealth ISR operations, long-range monitoring, and integration into larger mission objectives such as target acquisition and situational reporting.
• Leverage UXS-assisted scenarios for post-mission debriefs to teach public speaking. Utilize UAS- and USV-obtained visuals to reinforce narrative-building during briefing exercises.
• Train international military and law enforcement personnel on Group 3 UAS and USVs, adapting to diverse technical experience levels. Include mentoring on multi-platform operational and tactical use cases relevant to regional security challenges.
• Expand training curricula to reflect the advanced capabilities of Group 3 UAS and USVs, integrating scenarios where they operate in tandem with other traditional and unmanned systems. Continuously update based on evolving technology and mission requirements.
• Evaluate existing training aids and recommend integrating advanced unmanned systems (Group 3 UAS and USVs) to enhance instructional capability for multi-domain operations and ISR-focused exercises.
• Support operational readiness by providing guidance on the maintenance, repair, and deployment of Group 3 UAS and USVs. Ensure compliance with Navy and DoD protocols for all unmanned systems.

• Three (3) years’ experience as active-duty service member in at least one of the following specialties: NSW Operator, United States Army (USA) Special Forces, Ranger, United States Marine Corps MARSOC, Force RECON, AF SPECWAR Operator, JTAC, or Drone Operator, USN Robotics Warfare Specialist or other agency equivalent.  
• Four (4) years’ leadership and instructor experience in a formal training environment with no Degree, or two (2) years' leadership and instructor experience in a formal training environment with a degree or certificate from an accredited U.S. college in either Education, Engineering, or Instructional Development.
• Three (3) years’ experience in a technical environment (technical writing, rewriting, and updating curriculum) in principles of SOF-unique Unmanned Air Systems.
• Four (4) years’ experience as a USN Enlisted Qualification (NEC 805A) Instructor or another agency equivalent.
• USN Master Training Specialist (MTS) certification or another agency equivalent.
• Four (4) years’ experience in course curriculum management and providing instruction.  Examples of relevant course curriculum and instruction areas are Air Space management, Sea/Air/Land Navigation, Field Communications, and Weapons Systems Operation and Maintenance.
• Shall be fluent in English.  Ability to also speak fluently in Spanish and/or French is preferred.
• Four (4) years’ collective experience working with/implementing the following Naval Instructions, or equivalent Agency or relevant to this course: OPNAVINST 5100.19 Series, Safety Precautions for Forces Afloat; OPNAVINST 3500.39 Series, Operational Risk Management.
• Four (4) years’ experience in logistics and maintenance support of various SOF unmanned air systems, storage, and equipment.
• Shall be able to complete the Personnel Qualification Standard (PQS), mental, medical, and financial screening, along with the Commanding Officers concurrence in writing within six months of employment, as a “High Risk Instructor” per guidelines set forth in OPNAVINST 1500.75 Series, Policies and Procedures for Conducting High-Risk Training.  Courses taught incorporate the use of dynamic and static arms “Live Fire” action during course of instruction.
• Shall be able to obtain and maintain current Mississippi Statewide Security Guard Gun permit.
• Shall be able to obtain and maintain current Commercial Driver License (CDL) Class A.
• Shall be able to maintain Level 1 Fitness Standard: Able to manipulate all equipment utilized within courses; able to on and off board all vessels utilized within courses; able to sustain being underway during training evolutions.
• Be able to work non-standard schedules.