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Pivotal · 2 hours ago

Flight Training Manager

Palo Alto, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$136K/yr - $185K/yr

Pivotal is a leader in the electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft market, known for their innovative designs like the BlackFly. They are seeking a Flight Training Manager to develop and manage training programs for their aircraft, ensuring a safe and effective training experience for customers and operators.

AerospaceAir TransportationAutonomous VehiclesManufacturing

Work & Life Balance

Responsibilities

Coordinate the overall flight training program, including planning, scheduling, resource coordination, and execution

Fly aircraft and build strong proficiency in flight operations, working with other flight trainers, pilots, test pilots and maintainers

Complete classroom, simulator and flight training for operators and customers

Maintain and model a strong safety culture, ensuring training practices align with all internal and external safety requirements

Ensure tight alignment between training materials, simulators, and real-world flight behavior so that what we teach accurately reflects how the aircraft flies

Define and track key training metrics (e.g., trainee performance, throughput, customer feedback) to drive continuous improvement

Partner with Marketing, Sales, Flight, Engineering, and Support to create customer-facing training and experience assets (e.g., onboarding materials, how-it-works content, video explainers) from sale through initial training and continued proficiency

Conduct checkouts, recurrent training, and qualification flights

Validate curriculum changes from a pilot perspective

Qualification

Aviation training experienceGold Seal FAA CFICurriculum developmentFlight operations proficiencySafety training knowledgeInterpersonal skillsCommunication skillsAttention to detailTechnical writingCustomer focus