Combat Air Subject Matter Expert

The Role

Due to the continued success and growth of Inzpire as the UK military White Force provider of choice, we are seeking exceptional individuals with flying expertise in modern Combat Air (CA) to work within various areas of the business.

We are looking for expertise in the following key areas:

• Knowledge and experience to accurately emulate UK and coalition partner CA platforms during live and synthetic exercises and within both contested and uncontested environments.
• Ability to accurately represent both UK and NATO counter air tactics, techniques and procedures within a synthetic and live environment.
• Knowledge to design, build, deliver and update ground school lessons including (but not limited to): basic weapons employment, CA platforms and capabilities, and CA platform sensors.
• A working knowledge of and ability to apply UK military governing principles (as examples Rules of Engagement and the Law of Armed Conflict).

The Person

We are looking for truly exceptional, professionally credible, ‘hands-on’ aircrew CA experts.

The successful individual will have expertise in the employment of multi-role CA platforms as a pilot and an excellent instructional pedigree.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate evidence to support the following requisite skills and traits:

Essential

• Extensive relevant CA platform expertise.
• UK, US / NATO military Aircrew (Pilot qualification highly desirable):
• Possess exceptional communication skills:
• Be willing to embrace the Inzpire work ethic of loyalty, flexibility and consistently delivering beyond our customer’s expectations.

Highly Desirable

• Qualified Weapons Instructor (QWI), Aggressor or US/NATO Exchange, Electronic Warfare Instructor (EWI), or Qualified Flying Instructor (QFI) qualifications:
• 4th or 5th Generation CA platform experience.

Due to the nature of elements of the role, the successful applicant must be a UK National and may be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting which may require criminal record, security service and credit reference checks; qualification will also normally require a minimum UK residency of at least 5 years.

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• 30 days paid holiday plus 8 days bank holidays per year
• Uncapped leave scheme (upon successful completion of probation period)
• Company provided private medical and dental insurance
• Company Share Incentive Scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Annual profit and performance related pay scheme 
• Generous death in service (£100k)
• Company contributions into a group personal pension scheme
• Business travel insurance 
• Funded role specific training and financial assistance with professional development
• Tax efficient cycle to work and charitable giving schemes
• Tax efficient electric vehicle company car scheme

The Company

We are a highly innovative and rapidly growing defence and technology company that design, develop, and deliver some of the world’s most advanced defence related training, products, and services.

We were recently crowned Employer of the Year at the British Ex-Forces in Business Awards 2023. We have been listed as one of the ‘100 Best Large Companies to Work For’ in the UK and Midlands by Best Companies several times as well as achieving ‘Best Companies 3 Star Accreditation’ and a rating of ‘world-class’ for our employee engagement on a number of occasions.  We are also proud to have been honoured with two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in Innovation, for our next-generation GECO military mission planning system.

As part of a unique and specialist defence company, our friendly team consists of experienced and highly capable individuals, working together with a mature ‘can do’ work ethic. Our central business functions are located in an easily accessible, bright and modern head office to the west of Lincoln, alongside our mission systems team, while the majority of our operational specialists are embedded alongside our Defence customers.

Equal Opportunities

Inzpire are committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment for current and prospective employees. We recognise that a diverse, talented and highly motivated workforce is pivotal to our continuing success, therefore our selection decisions are based on the merit of the individual, irrespective of their race, colour, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or any other characteristic.

We genuinely recognise the benefits of a diverse and inclusive working environment.  We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, a supportive signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant and a Gold award winner within the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We are therefore delighted to offer a guaranteed interview scheme to service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners (including those of service leavers) who meet all our advertised requirements.

Applications

You will receive an acknowledgement email upon submission of your application (please make sure to check your spam/junk folder if you don't receive one!). Please be assured that your CV will be reviewed and that we will be in contact to update you on the status of your application; this may take 3-6 weeks.