Instructional Designer

Description

The company is building advanced defense systems and moving quickly, with a focus on execution, ownership and high standards. It is an early-stage team, so you would have real ownership and a direct, measurable effect on its work and direction.

This role designs and keeps up high-quality training for the manufacturing, engineering, quality, safety and operations teams.

You will work with subject matter experts to turn technical processes into competency-based learning that helps people do their jobs safely, efficiently and consistently in a fast-moving aerospace manufacturing setting.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain instructor-led, eLearning, blended and on-the-job training programs.
• Work with engineering, manufacturing, quality, safety, HR and other experts to find training gaps and build solutions.
• Create competency-based learning paths, qualifications, assessments and certification programs that match operational needs.
• Produce learning materials such as slides, job aids, process training, videos, knowledge checks and interactive content.
• Rewrite complex technical information as clear content for learners with different backgrounds.
• Build and maintain content in the company's Learning Management System, 360Learning.
• Design formative and summative assessments that measure knowledge, competency and training results.
• Help roll out role-based competency frameworks and qualification programs.
• Track learner progress and course completion, and use performance data to improve training.
• Keep training current with engineering changes, process updates, regulatory requirements and company procedures.
• Help with onboarding and new hire training.
• Support required training on AS9100, OSHA, export compliance, cybersecurity and other areas.
• Run several instructional design projects at once and meet deadlines in a changing environment.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in instructional design, education, adult learning, human performance, organizational development or a related field.
• At least 2 years of experience designing and building instructor-led and/or eLearning training.
• Preferred: experience running learning needs analyses and writing measurable learning objectives.
• Preferred: knowledge of adult learning principles and design methods such as ADDIE, SAM or similar.
• Preferred: experience working with technical subject matter experts.
• Preferred: strong written, verbal and visual communication skills.
• Preferred: strong project management and organization skills.
• Preferred: ability to make complex technical concepts simple and engaging.
• Preferred: experience with learning management systems.
• Preferred: experience building training for manufacturing, aerospace, defense or other technical settings.
• Preferred: experience with authoring tools such as 360Learning, Articulate 360, Rise, Storyline, Camtasia or similar.
• Preferred: familiarity with competency-based training and qualification management.
• Preferred: experience writing technical documentation, process training or process documentation.
• Preferred: knowledge of AS9100, OSHA, ISO or regulated manufacturing environments.
• Preferred: experience with multimedia tools for video editing and graphic design.

Conditions

This role may require access to classified information or restricted U.S. Government sites, systems or information, as the company or U.S. Government requirements decide. If the role is designated this way, keeping it may depend on obtaining and maintaining a required U.S. Government security clearance or other authorization, and meeting any citizenship or other eligibility rules set by law, regulation, executive order or contract. You will be told if and when these rules apply.

This role requires access to export-controlled information. Employment, or hiring a contractor, depends on the candidate being able to access all applicable export-controlled information without a new export license from the Bureau of Industry and Security or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.

Job duties may change at any time, with or without notice.

Benefits

• The company offers a generous benefits package. Details are at the bottom of its Careers page.