Tactical Coordinator (TACCO) Instructor (Evergreen)

Our Training Centre Operations team lies at the heart of our commitment to training excellence. As part of this team, you’ll help deliver high-impact programs, ensure smooth operations, and support mission-critical teams in building the skills they need to succeed. 

Passionate about instructional delivery? Looking for a work environment where you can influence the next generation of Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) aircrew and collaborate with other aircrew experts? Want to join a world-class company and industry leader and be proud to contribute to our projects and mission?Join us and help shape the future of safety and readiness worldwide. 

*This position is a newly created role*

• Delivery of the CQ-9B Tactical Coordinator (TACCO) course incorporating theory, synthetic and live flying phases

• Provide TACCO subject matter expertise (SME) support to the joint Pilot and Sensor Operator (SO) CQ-9B course

• Provide oral and written SME to other members of the CAE Mission Crew Instructor cadre

• Ensure delivered training is consistent with training objectives and teaching points in the training plan, per applicable training standards

• Deliver synthetic and live training using complex simulators and scenario generation systems, and the live aircraft

• Compile student sortie progress and course debrief reports

• Report instructional issues and deficiencies relative to the course delivery. 

• Work autonomously to tackle a broad scope of requirements for aircrew students and customer representatives

• Effectively deliver oral presentations to aircrew students, customer representatives and CAE management

• Work independently towards a team goal

• Contribute to the development of courseware and teaching aids

• Liaise and contribute to student course scheduling

• Perform occasional travel in support of the project

• Perform other duties as assigned

• Previous experience as a TACCO instructor, preferably on the CP-140, but other Canadian maritime platforms will be considered

• Formal training in Instructional Techniques 

• Anti-surface Unit Warfare and Search and Rescue experience

• Weaponeering effects delivery experience

• Link-16 experience

• Experience with writing and amending multi-media instructional courseware

• Familiar with quality standards, training plans, and training media used to ensure teaching points are met as per Training Standards

• Superior interpersonal and communication skills

• Physically able to perform all instructional tasks in a live and synthetic setting

• Eligibility to work in Canada either as a Canadian Citizen, a Permanent Resident or on a valid Work Permit

• Capable of obtaining and maintaining both Controlled Goods and a Government of Canada NATO SECRET security clearance 

• Airborne collection sensor operating experience

• Exposure to Signals intelligence

• Exposure to Electro Optic / Infra-Red (EO/IR) systems

• Experience with RCAF Standards, Evaluation and Training (SET) organization  

• >100 formal instructional hours

• Military UAV experience

• Land Domain experience

For more info about the RPAS Program: https://www.cae.com/rpas-careers

*Please note that this is not an active job requisition. This was created & posted solely for building a pipeline of candidates (Evergreen), so that we may review them once a need to actively recruit becomes available*

At CAE, our mission is clear: to help make the world a safer place. For nearly 80 years, we’ve driven innovation in simulation, training, and mission readiness to support critical operations worldwide. By leveraging advanced technologies, we empower our customers to operate smarter, faster, and more sustainably. Join a purpose-driven organization where bold ideas are encouraged, collaboration drives progress, and your growth fuels our shared success.

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