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Wargaming Instructor

BAE Systems

Sterling, VAFull-time$150–254K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$150–254K/yr
Location
Sterling, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

BAE Systems seeks a Wargaming Instructor to support an international training program for a foreign military customer. The instructor will work with engineers, wargamers, training developers, and modeling and simulation experts to deliver technical training. The role combines classroom instruction, wargaming, and military experience, and requires significant international travel, including six weeks abroad quarterly starting in the fourth quarter of 2027.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Wargaming PlanningWargaming ApplicationWargaming ExecutionManual Tabletop WargamingComputer-Assisted WargamingMilitary InstructionModeling and SimulationMulti-Domain Combat ModelsCampaign-Level Combat ModelsBriefing PresentationMilitary Customer TrainingMilitary Customer EducationMilitary Customer WargamingMilitary Customer ExercisesMilitary Customer PlanningMiddle East Cultural Experience

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Military Science, History, Political Science, or Related Fields10 Years Professional Experience3 Years Military Instruction, Wargaming, and Training DeliveryMilitary Instructor Certification

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description

BAE Systems is looking for a Wargaming Instructor to support an international training program. The Wargaming Instructor will work with a team of engineers, wargamers, training developers, and modeling & simulation experts to deliver an integrated technical training solution to a foreign military customer. The position requires significant foreign travel, with preparatory work sessions at Dulles, Virginia. The successful candidate will have a combination of classroom instruction, wargaming, and military experience.

Job Tasks:

  • Training Delivery

  • Learn and become expert on the wargaming course materials and modeling and simulation software

  • Instruct students on wargaming using manual/tabletop games and computer-assisted wargame systems

  • Evaluate students progress throughout the course

  • Provide feedback to the training development team on course materials

  • Other Support

  • Support training course development

  • Support play-test of wargame scenarios

  • Support training system acceptance testing

Travel:

  • This role requires significant international travel. 6 weeks of foreign travel quarterly, starting in 4 th Quarter of 2027.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

Education: Bachelor's degree in Military Science, History, Political Science, or related fields

Experience: 10 years of professional experience, including 3 years experience in military instruction, wargaming, and training delivery

Key Skills:

  • Wargaming planning, application, and execution

  • Manual/table-top wargaming

  • Computer-assisted wargaming

  • Professional military instruction

  • Modeling and Simulation for military end-users

  • Multi-domain, campaign-level combat models

General Skills:

  • Briefing presentation

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience working with military customers in training, education, wargaming, exercises, and planning

  • Military instructor certification

  • Cultural experience working in the Middle East

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $149603 - $254317

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Wargaming Instructor

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How this job compares

Set against the 624 open Training Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 9, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$150–254K/yr
  • Virginia median$90–151K/yr26 salary ranges
  • US median$70–97K/yr337 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $202K, is 65% above the Virginia median midpoint ($123K) — in the top quarter of Training Specialist salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 30 open Training Specialist jobs in Virginia and 624 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Training Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 472 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 141 of the 624 open Training Specialist jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 9, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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