Flight Operations Instructor

This is your chance to play a defining role in a new kind of flight operation.

Critical infrastructure is under growing pressure, meaning inspections must scale to meet demand. You’ll help set the standard for the pilots who make that possible.

sees.ai flies UAS to collect close visual inspection data for critical national infrastructure operators, pioneering the safe, routine BVLOS operations behind it — with technology built end-to-end in-house. We’re already operating at scale with National Grid and expanding internationally across Europe. We have a well-established relationship with the CAA and are consolidating our training structure as we progress towards RAE status.

As the business scales, effective training and competency programmes will be a key enabler. We’re looking for an experienced aviation instructor who can bring strong instructional and assessment skills from military or crewed aviation and apply them to our emerging UAS operation.

You do not need to be an established UAS instructor. What matters is that you understand aviation training, operational standards and competency assessment, and have a genuine interest in developing your knowledge of UAS and BVLOS operations.

As Flight Operations Instructor, you’ll take responsibility for the delivery of training, assessment and continued competency for the pilots conducting our flight operations. You’ll help take remote pilots and flight crew from initial qualification through to the advanced standards our Specific category and BVLOS operations demand, in full alignment with CAA requirements.

Reporting to the Flight Operations Training and Quality Manager, you’ll deliver instruction, run assessments and skills tests, and help drive competency across the Flight Operations Team.

We’re a fast-growing UAS technology company and service provider. The basic training function is well established and closely aligned with the CAA, but the pace of our scaling means it now needs to move to its next stage: more pilots, more operations and higher throughput without any loss of standard.

You’ll bring established aviation instructional experience while developing your knowledge of our UAS platforms, operating environment and regulatory framework. Over time, you’ll help shape how the training function evolves and build the capability that scales with the business.

• UAS system instruction: Plan and deliver classroom, simulator and in-the-field training across the full remote pilot syllabus, alongside company-specific type conversions and operational training on our fleet, including Tiree, Yealm, DJI M400 and Whitby.
• Vehicle instruction: Deliver on-road and off-road driver training and UAS ground support vehicle system training.
• Competency assessment: Design and conduct flight assessments, skills tests, theoretical examinations and recurrent currency checks against both CAA standards and our internal competency framework, including our BVLOS OSC remote pilot and ground control station role standards.
• Courseware development: Build and maintain training syllabi, lesson plans, assessment criteria and supporting materials, keeping them current with CAP 722, our Operations Manual and the evolving UAS regulatory framework.
• Standards and assurance: Act as a reference point for instructional standardisation, support and develop other instructors and assessors, and feed training findings into our Safety and Quality Management Systems.
• Training records and compliance: Maintain accurate, auditable records of training, competency and currency, consistently meeting statutory record-keeping and retention obligations.
• Operational flight crew: Develop and maintain your own remote pilot competence and currency,…