Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Group Overview

Special Air Missions Group - US (SAM - US) is responsible for developing and delivering Metrea’s ISR, Special Mobility, and Aerial Firefighting (AFF) capabilities. SAM oversees the integration of new mission systems, ensuring operational readiness across specialized aviation operations. It manages fleet maintenance, regulatory compliance, and strategic partnerships to enhance mission effectiveness. By consolidating expertise and infrastructure, SAM - US ensures Metrea’s airborne capabilities remain adaptable and mission-ready across dynamic operational environments.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Head of Aviation Operations (US), the Head of Crew Training is responsible for the development, recruitment, selection, qualification, standardization, and continuous improvement of the organization's flight crew training system in support of compliant, safe, reliable, effective, efficient, and evolvable (CSRE³) flight operations.

Within the Metrea Management System, the Head of Crew Training fulfills the role equivalent to an FAA Chief Pilot, an EASA Nominated Person for Crew Training, and a CASA Head of Training and Checking. This role is responsible for ensuring pilots, Airborne Sensor Operators, and other assigned flight crew members are properly selected, trained, qualified, current, and competent to safely execute ISR flight operations in support of U.S. Government, allied, and partner nation contracts.

The Head of Crew Training leads aircrew recruitment, training, qualification, and standardization programs, manages training resources and records, and ensures training programs remain aligned with regulatory requirements, operational risk, mission requirements, and emerging operational capabilities. The role also supports operational test and evaluation, mission system integration, and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP) development to ensure new capabilities are effectively transitioned into operational service.

What You'll Do

Lead the aircrew lifecycle, including recruitment, selection, onboarding, training, qualification, standardization, and professional development of pilots, Airborne Sensor Operators, and other assigned flight crew members
Establish, implement, and continuously improve aircrew qualification standards, training syllabi, evaluation criteria, and standardization programs that support compliant, safe, reliable, effective, efficient, and evolvable (CSRE³) flight operations