About This Role
BGI is seeking a part-time or full-time civilian F-16 Instructor Pilot to act as a subject-matter expert on international F-16 pilot training and operational upgrade programs under a U.S. government Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract. Based in Rio Cuarto, Argentina, the role supports Argentina's initial and follow-on F-16 training by delivering academic and simulator instruction for Initial Qualification Training, Mission Qualification Training (MQT), and Instructor Pilot Upgrade (IPUG) programs. The instructor helps produce safe, standardized, combat-ready aircrews under U.S. Air Force and host-nation requirements, implements Top Aces Corporation (TAC) initiatives as a subcontractor, and works in a multinational OCONUS environment. BGI is seeking candidates for a minimum deployment of 90 days and accepts longer stays up to two years; candidates are placed in full-time status while deployed.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide academic and simulator instruction to Argentina F-16 pilots under the B-Course, MQT, FLUG, and IPUG syllabi
- teach safe, standardized, and tactically effective employment of the F-16 weapon system
- and conduct mission planning, briefings, debriefings, and simulator-training performance evaluations. Assist with academic-syllabus development, master the assigned academic material, and deliver classroom instruction through varied instructional media. Operate and manage F-16 simulator Instructor Operator Stations (IOS)
- monitor student progress, identify deficiencies, and provide remedial instruction
- develop, review, and update training materials, mission scenarios, and simulator profiles
- and evaluate training-device performance while reporting system issues and discrepancies. Maintain currency in F-16 tactics, systems, and operational procedures, support host-nation training objectives while enforcing U.S. standardization, collect and disseminate lessons learned and best practices, and provide regular progress reports to the Site Lead and Program Management. Deploy or travel internationally as mission needs require and perform other duties assigned by program leadership.
What We Offer
Salary, bonuses, and OCONUS benefits are available on request.Candidates are placed in full-time status while on deployment, with full-time benefits while deployed.
Requirements
- Required qualifications are U.S. citizenship
- previous qualification as an F-16 Instructor Pilot
- an Instructor Pilot qualification within the last 10 years
- a minimum of 1,000 hours of Pilot-in-Command (PIC) time in U.S. or Allied fixed-wing fighter aircraft
- and a bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Applicants must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities of an Instructor Pilot in daily performance, along with strong interpersonal, instructional, and communication skills, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and training-documentation tools. Desired qualifications include 1,000 or more PIC hours in the F-16
- 500 or more hours as an F-16 IP across multiple F-16 blocks
- previous Formal Training Unit (FTU) or MLU instructor experience
- experience training foreign military pilots
- Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program experience
- and simulator and academic instructor experience.