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Instructional System Designer; ISD

Job in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, 75069, USA
Listing for: Long Wave, Inc.
Full Time position Listed on 2026-11-15
Job specializations:
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 100000 - 150000 USD Yearly USD 100000.00 150000.00 YEAR

Job Description & How to Apply Below

Position: Instructional System Designer (ISD)

Position Title:

Instructional System Designer (ISD)

Department/

Location:

SimTEC/Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Status:

Regular/Full-Time Non-Exempt

Primary Function:

The Instructional Systems Designer is the learning-system architect for our military courseware and training-device programs. This role owns the design of the training system end-to-end: analyzing performance requirements, defining terminal and enabling learning objectives, sequencing instruction, and specifying every training product so it fits a single, coherent system.

ISDs on this team are the internal customer to courseware developers, multimedia developers, and training-device engineering. They translate

Customer-aligned task and mission analysis into design documents that drive courseware, CBT/IMI (Levels I–IV), training aids, and simulator/PTT training. This is a hands-on, deliverable-producing role — not a coordinator or generalist position.

Essential Responsibilities:
  • Front-end analysis. Conduct or lead task, mission, learning, media, and audience analysis (ADDIE / PADDIE+M) to establish performance requirements and training gaps.
  • Learning objectives & hierarchies. Author terminal and enabling objectives with conditions and standards; build objective hierarchies and sequencing maps that stand up to customer review.
  • Design documents. Produce Instructional Media Design Packages (IMDP), Training Project Plans (TPP), Training System Plans, Course Training Task Lists (CTTL), and NAVAIR training materials in accordance with applicable MIL-HDBK / MIL-PRF standards (e.g., MIL-HDBK-29612 series, MIL-PRF-29612 where applicable).
  • Media & fidelity selection. Recommend the appropriate blend of print, instructor-led, IMI Level I–IV, VR/AR, and device-based training based on task criticality, frequency, and cost — with defensible rationale.
  • Storyboarding & scripting. Develop storyboards, scripts, and interaction specifications for IMI and CBT that give courseware and multimedia teams a buildable, testable target.
  • Assessment design. Design knowledge and performance assessments (written, scenario-based, sim/device) that measure the stated objectives; specify pass/fail criteria and remediation paths.
  • SME orchestration. Elicit accurate content from Subject Matter Experts, validate for operational fidelity, and keep SMEs focused on content — not design, build, or delivery.
  • Product-fit ownership. Review courseware, multimedia, and training-device output against the design; flag drift; approve products for release into the training system.
  • Continuous improvement. Ingest instructor and student feedback, training effectiveness data, and post-course reviews; drive revisions back through the design.
  • Customer engagement. Support NAVAIR / Government customer meetings, technical reviews (PDR/CDR-style events), and In-Progress Reviews with clear design artifacts.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
    • Work Conditions:

    Employee will be working within an office environment. Employee may be expected to travel on occasion to locations where specific PPE or attire is necessary.

    Job Requirements:
    • Education. Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Systems, Education, Educational Technology, Learning Sciences, or a closely related field (or equivalent DoD training-development experience).
    • Experience. 5–10 years of hands-on ISD work, with a minimum of 3 years on active military courseware development contracts (Navy / NAVAIR / NAWCTSD strongly preferred; USAF / Army training equivalents considered).
    • Methodology. Demonstrated fluency with ADDIE and PADDIE+M and the ability to produce compliant deliverables against NAVAIR training standards.
    • Standards. Working knowledge of MIL-HDBK-29612 series, SCORM,xAPI, Section 508 accessibility, and Interactive Courseware (ICW) /…
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