F35 Lightning || Simulator Instructor Pilot
// Role Summary
Join BAE Systems as an F-35 Lightning II Simulator Instructor Pilot and deliver world-class synthetic and academic training to UK pilots. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of F-35 pilot training within a state-of-the-art Integrated Training Centre.
// Key Responsibilities
- Deliver high-quality synthetic and academic training to UK F-35 Lightning II pilots.
- Lead ground school lectures and simulator sorties, guiding pilots from zero-to-solo.
- Assess pilot performance, provide feedback, and design remedial training.
- Utilize the Instructor Operator Station (IOS) for safe and effective synthetic training.
- Apply current front-line Lightning tactics and doctrine to training.
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for assigned aircraft systems.
// Role Specification
F-35 Lightning II Simulator Instructor Pilot
Join BAE Systems and become a vital part of a highly skilled and collaborative team at the state-of-the-art Integrated Training Centre (ITC). You will be responsible for delivering high-quality synthetic and academic training to all UK F-35 Lightning II pilots, working together to maintain the highest standards of instruction and operational readiness.
Core Duties:
- Deliver world-class training to F-35B Lightning pilots, consistently setting and maintaining the highest instructional and training delivery standards.
- Lead engaging Lightning ground school academic lectures and FAM-phase simulator sorties, directly enabling pilots to progress from zero-to-solo on the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) training syllabus.
- Provide clear, accurate, and objective assessments of pilot performance, producing high-quality written reports and designing targeted remedial training.
- Support OCU and Front Line squadron simulator operations through expert use of the Instructor Operator Station (IOS), ensuring safe, effective, and mission-relevant synthetic training.
- Apply current front-line Lightning tactics and doctrine to training delivery, ensuring operational relevance and realism at every stage.
- Act as a recognised Subject Matter Expert (SME) for assigned aircraft systems, owning and maintaining authoritative instructional and lecture material in line with ITC guidance.
- Deliver high-fidelity, pilot-specific synthetic training on the Full Mission Simulator (FMS) and Deployable Mission Rehearsal Trainer (DMRT), both in the UK and on deployed operations, in accordance with UK Lightning syllabi.
- Provide expert technical and training advice to shape and evolve synthetic training devices, mission scenarios, and tactics, ensuring UK sovereign Lightning training requirements are fully met and future-proofed.
The Instructor Pilot Team:
As part of this team, you will contribute to the development and refinement of the UK sovereign training system, supporting the design of training scenarios, tactics, and mission profiles. This role offers a unique opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals, share specialist knowledge, and influence the future of F-35 pilot training within a world-class training environment.
Progression:
The role offers the opportunity to enter at and progress through numerous levels of training delivery and instructional qualifications based on experience levels and previous qualifications. Progression through the varying levels will expand your instructional scope and qualifications, including the award of Qualified Synthetic Flying Instructor (QSFI) for Pilots and advancement onto delivering additional OCU simulator sorties normally delivered by squadron QFIs (Basic and Advanced QCIP Qualifications).
Essential Skills:
- 500hrs P1 in an Operational Fast Jet aircraft.