Senior Uas Training Standardization Specialist Featured
- Location
- Pendleton, Oregon
- Wage
- Hourly
- Job ID
- 36388047063
- Posted
- 2026-8-5
Senior Uas Training Standardization Specialist job at KH Aerospace in Pendleton OR
Description, duties, responsibilities
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace (KHA) is an aerospace company specializing in long-endurance unmanned aerial platforms for a wide variety of industries. KHA supports a number of customers to carry out missions involving aerial reconnaissance survey communication relay and communications provisioning. Endurance enabled by effective design is key to these applications and KHA aircraft utilize cutting-edge aircraft design together with on-board intelligence to deliver value for these customers.
This position reports directly to the Manager of Training and Standardization .
The ideal person for this role possesses a deep operational expertise in (s)UAS flight operations standardization curriculum development and project management.What
This role serves as a senior pilot for operational procedures flight area oversight and technical integration.
The ideal candidate would be experienced in cross-functional engagement engineering collaboration flight test support procedural standardization interpersonal communication fundamentals of instruction team leadership principals and in creating safe compliant mission-ready staff and operations.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- UAS Flight Operations Leadership
- Operational Standardization and Audits
- Risk Management and Safety Programs
- Site Management and Flight Area Oversight
- Engineering and Flight Test Coordination
- Mission Planning and Briefing
- Technical Publications Review
- Knowledge of Emerging UAS Technologies and current market landscape
The following job functions are a basic requirement but are not limited to and may be assigned other duties.
UAS Operations
- Maintain proficiency and currency with all of KHAs emerging UAS technologies regulatory changes and operational best practices.
- Hold and maintain all required certifications
- Adhere to FAA regulations and guidelines ensuring compliance during UAS operations and activities. Including but not limited to FAA Part 107 DOE Orders restricted airspace protocols and site procedures.
- Support demonstrations field missions customer operations collaborative experimentation and equipment testing. Examples of UAS operational duties include. Delivering near real-time aerial intelligence integrating UAS data into customer systems flight operations drills and emergencies.
- Assist with flight planning pre/post-flight checks risk assessments and maintaining accurate maintenance and flight logs.
- Perform routine maintenance diagnostics and software updates on UAS platforms and ground control systems.
- Maintenance of your own personal flight records active participation in training exercises and maintain individual currency requirements.
- Adhere to Integrated Safety Management (including SP 1-3100) attend required meetings and maintain a clean organized UAS hangar.
- Travel up to 70%.
- Serve as a senior pilot authority for operational standards flight procedures and safety compliance.
- Conduct periodic audits of flight areas to ensure adherence to company and regulatory requirements.
- Develop maintain and standardize operational documentation and mission procedures.
- Manage revision control for risk assessments mission briefs and operations guidance.
- Lead or support updates to training content instructional methods and delivery standards.
- Provide data-driven recommendations to the Standardization and Training Manager to enhance operational performance
- Work cross-departmentally with key stakeholders to stay current on emerging technologies and configuration updates.
- Act as pilot subject matter expert for engineering providing operational insight on new technologies and system capabilities.
- Serve as lead liaison for engineering flight test requests coordinating operational support and risk mitigation.
- Collaborate with technical publications teams to assist in accuracy and operational relevance of pilot-facing documentation.
- Assumes all other responsibilities as assigned
- Minimum 4 years of directly related experience
- Deep understanding and proficiency Defense related UAS products
- Strong attention to detail with strict adherence to operational and safety protocols
- Experience in conducting demonstrations field operations Initial qualification training and evaluations curriculum development and equipment testing
- Knowledge of UAS technology airspace regulations and industry best practices
- Excellent communication and instructional skills with the ability to effectively convey complex concepts to trainees
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in UAS operations
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic team environment
- Military Experience
- FAA Part 107 SUAS Remote Pilot
- FAA Part 61 Pilot
- 5+ years of directly related experience
- Secret Clearance (or eligible)
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EEO Statement
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