Principal Product Trainer - Aircraft Maintenance

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Aircraft Maintenance –Principal Product Trainer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in Melbourne, FL. The role will support the Instructional System Design (ISD) for a new Weapon System’s training system. This position is fully onsite with no remote work available.    

To be considered, a candidate must have experience as a military tactical jet (F-35, F/A-18, E/A-18G, AV-8B, F-22, F-15, F-16) aircraft maintainer.  The ideal candidate comes from a Naval Aviation (USN or USMC) maintenance background with experience at the Operational (O) Level and has achieved at least a Journeyman level of experience as an AD, AM, or AME rate.  Successful candidates will serve as a Naval Aviation maintenance subject matter expert (SME) that will use their maintenance training and experience to support Instructional System Design (ISD) for the creation of a training system associated with an entirely new Weapon System.  Candidates with experience performing Front End Analysis (FEA), Training System Requirements Analysis (TSRA), and/or having served as instructors at a formal maintenance schoolhouse (e.g. CNATTU) are preferred.  Candidates are expected to support, build, and promote a positive and collaborative culture across all teams while developing and maintaining expert level knowledge.  Candidates must be able to work independently in a deadline-oriented environment and must possess strong written and verbal communication and organizational skills. 

Plans, develops, and coordinates in-house product training programs for field support personnel and customers. Obtains information needed to prepare in-house training programs; prepares training materials; develops course content; determines methodology; and coordinates the development of training aids. Conducts training sessions and develops criteria for evaluating effectiveness of training activities. May utilize trainers with technical expertise. Continuously revises lesson plans to meet new training requirements and to keep technical information up to date.

Job Duties: 

• Provide a comprehensive analysis of the manpower, personnel, training, acquisition, development, and sustainment requirements for all Naval Aviation maintainer rates. 

• Perform formalized Instructional System Design (ISD) analyses, including but not limited to, Front End Analysis (FEA), Baseline Comparison System (BCS) analysis, Job, Duty, Task Analysis (JDTA), Mission Task Analysis (MTA), and Training System Requirements Analysis (TSRA).  Task analysis will cover O, I and D level maintenance tasks, including planned maintenance, corrective maintenance, and troubleshooting. 

• Develops training curriculum, study outlines, and orientation materials to be employed during procedures-based maintenance training. 

• Support the development of criteria for evaluating effectiveness of training activities. 

• Continuously revise lesson plans to meet new training requirements and maintain updated technical information. 

• Demonstrate and use effective training analysis, project management, course development, and evaluation skills. 

• Develop instruction materials – self-paced guides, case studies, job aids, evaluations; scenario-based course outlines. 

• Collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs) to identify specific training needs and develop solutions for satisfying unique skills-based training requirements. 

• Deliver classroom instruction based on developed courseware and satisfy course closeout requirements. 

Basic Qualifications: 

• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access (es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.

• Bachelor's Degree with 5 years of military and/or professional leadership experience OR Master's Degree with 3 years of experience OR PhD with 1 year of experience. 

• 5 or more years of hands-on tactical jet aircraft maintenance experience as an aircraft maintainer in the US military (USN, USMC, USAF). 

• Experience at the Operational (O) Level of maintenance (e.g. within a Strike Fighter squadron). 

• Experience in the following rates, or other services’ equivalent MOS/AFSC: Aviation Machinist’s Mate (AD), Aviation Structural Mechanic (AM), or Aviation Structural Mechanic Safety Equipment (AME). 

• Must have working knowledge of customer compliance documents, government instructions, and government standards. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Must have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels. 

• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance. 

• Current Special Program Access (PAR/SAP). 

• Naval Aviation maintenance (USN or USMC) background within a tactical jet aircraft (F-35B/C, F/A-18A-F, E/A-18G, A/V-8B) community. 

• Experience at the O/I/D Levels of maintenance. 

• Served as a supervisor with advanced qualifications, such as CDI, CDQAR, QAR, Safe for Flight, QAS. 

• Formal instructor experience 

• Instructional System Design (ISD) education, training, and/or experience from an accredited institution or service training command. 

• Experience in task analysis procedures and training systems products 

• Basic understanding of Agile processes. 

• Design and development of curriculum for advanced technologies. 

• Experience using courseware development tools – LCMS and LMS 

• Familiarity with Atlassian project management software (Confluence, Jira, Tableau, etc.)