CQ-9B Tactical Coordinator (TACCO) Instructor

About This Role

All for equipping teams to excel.

Training Centre Operations at CAE lies at the heart of our commitment to training excellence across Civil Aviation and Defense & Security. As part of this team, you’ll develop and provide training, continually enhance program quality, and ensure seamless operations and service excellence, empowering pilots, aircrew, and mission-critical teams to excel when it matters most. Behind the scenes, you play a vital role in equipping them with the skills and readiness they need to succeed—through every moment, milestone, and mission. With a team that values growth, collaboration, and a shared sense of purpose, CAE offers a dynamic environment where your contributions to training create a lasting impact on the future of safety and readiness worldwide.

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 worldclass company and industry leader and be proud to contribute to our projects and mission? Come join our team and share your passion with us! We need you to complete our team as part of the Canadian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) Operational Training Unit (OTU) instructor cadre.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• 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.
• Delivery of synthetic and live training using complex simulators and scenario generation systems, and the live aircraft.
• Compiling student sortie progress and course debrief reports.
• Reporting 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, customers representatives and CAE management.
• Work independently towards a team goal.
• Contribute to development of courseware and teaching aids.
• Liaise and contribute to student course scheduling.
• Perform occasional travel in support of the project.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required background/Skills/Experience

• Superior interpersonal and communication skills
• 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
• 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
• Physically able to perform all instructional tasks in a live and synthetic setting
• 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

Preferred Skills

• Airborne collection sensor operating experience
• Exposure to Signals intelligence
• Exposure to Electro Optic / Infra-Red (EO/IR) systems
• Experience of RCAF Standards, Evaluation and Training (SET) organisation
• >100 formal instructional hours
• Military UAV experience
• Land Domain experience

CAE offers:

• Working environment of 2024 Canada’s top 100 employers.
• A dynamic and innovative environment within Canada’s Top Defence Company of 2025.
• A stimulating career path and internal mobility.
• Domestic or international relocation packages for eligible employees, including support for Canadian work permit, if required.
• Attractive benefits, including but not limited to:
• Defined benefits retirement plan
• Stocks purchased plan
• Flexible work hours and teleworking policy
• Flexible vacations
• Competitive maternity and parental leave policies
• And more.

Target start date is expected to be Fall 2026.

All for building a safer, smarter world

Welcome to CAE! As a global leader in Civil Aviation and Defense & Security across 40 countries, we advance together as One CAE, fueled by thousands of passionate individuals operating in a culture where everyone can thrive. We hold ourselves accountable for building an inclusive community at every level, and our comprehensive benefits support you professionally and personally.

Together, we are All For shaping a future where safety, sustainability, and inclusivity lead the way. Join us and be part of something bigger—where your impact reaches beyond CAE and helps shape the world of tomorrow.

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