Adjunct Faculty- (UMS) Unmanned Systems

About the role

Virginia Peninsula Community College is seeking adjunct faculty to teach unmanned systems courses. The teaching load is flexible based on student enrollment and staffing needs.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver instruction for day and evening classes
• Responsible for student assessment and grading
• Maintain adequate on-campus presence
• Provide timely communication with students, staff, and administrators of the College
• May be required to perform other duties as assigned
• May assist the agency or state government in emergencies

Requirements

• Currently possess FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification
• Knowledgeable of necessary pre-flight training
• Understand requirements of operating in FAA controlled airspace
• Basic maintenance and sensor integration on fixed wing and multirotor platforms
• Effective service-learning missions
• Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical issues
• Safe and effective emergency recovery
• Passion for unmanned systems
• Commitment to a student-centered philosophy
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to modify instructional methods
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Teaching experience in online, hybrid, and traditional face-to-face teaching modalities
• Demonstrated proficiency and experience in using instructional technologies and learning management systems
• Experience measuring, assessing, and aligning student outcomes
• Proficiency and experience with sUAS operations
• Ability to use mission planning and ground control software
• Planning and implementing manual and autonomous sUAS missions
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud applications
• Operation of a State Vehicle

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in science, engineering, technology, art, photography, videography, fine arts or related field
• Additional considerations: Teaching experience in online, hybrid, and/or traditional face-to-face teaching modalities; degree or higher in any field of science, engineering, or technology; community college teaching experience; demonstrated ability to measure, assess, and align student outcomes within courses or programs; professional experience with sUAS operations; demonstrate ability to use mission planning and ground control software such as Mission Planner, Drone Deploy, QGroundControl and others; plan and implement manual and autonomous sUAS missions to collect and analyze data; understanding of the requirements and demonstrating the ability to serve as RPIC for manual and autonomous sUAS missions specific to flight testing, sensor testing, and other missions; proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud applications such as Photoshop and Adobe Premiere Pro; Associate’s degree in science, engineering, technology, art, photography, videography, fine arts or related field; operation of a State Vehicle

Skills

• Passion for unmanned systems
• Commitment to a student-centered philosophy
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to modify instructional methods
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Teaching experience in online, hybrid, and/or traditional face-to-face teaching modalities
• Demonstrated proficiency and experience in using instructional technologies and learning management systems
• Experience measuring, assessing, and aligning student outcomes
• Professional experience with sUAS operations
• Ability to use mission planning and ground control software
• Planning and implementing manual and autonomous sUAS missions
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud applications
• Operation of a State Vehicle

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$781-$1,305 per credit hour

Schedule

Varies based upon the needs of the student body