Systems Engineer

About this role

Your mission

As ANAVIA continues its rapid growth, we are seeking a skilled Systems Engineer who is eager to contribute to the future of unmanned aviation and take on the following

key responsibilities

• Define and maintain the top-level aircraft system architecture, ensuring cohesive integration of all subsystems.
• Perform functional decomposition of aircraft systems including avionics, propulsion, guidance & control, and payload integration.
• Develop and manage top-level system requirements with full traceability to subsystems and mission objectives.
• Provide oversight of Verification & Validation planning and execution, ensuring system-level requirements are verified and validated according to industry standards.
• Lead interface management between mechanical, avionics, software, and payload subsystems.
• Ensure regulatory compliance for UAV platforms, including SC Light UAS and other applicable standards.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, testing, and operations teams to ensure compliance requirements across the UAV development lifecycle.
• Guide and mentor junior system engineers, fostering a strong systems engineering culture.
• Maintain and update system engineering artifacts, including architecture models, interface control documents, requirement specifications, and design rationale.
• Participate in risk assessment, safety analysis, and airworthiness activities, ensuring robust and compliant system design.
• Your profile
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical, Systems, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience: 10+ years of experience in aerospace or UAV systems engineering, with strong exposure in system architecture, requirements engineering, system decomposition, interface definition, requirements allocation, traceability, and Verification & Validation (V&V).
• Strong knowledge of the complete systems engineering lifecycle, from concept and system architecture through requirements definition, implementation, integration, verification, validation, and certification.
• Solid understanding of aviation certification and regulatory frameworks, with particular knowledge of EASA SC Light-UAS and/or CS-27, depending on the applicable aircraft category.
• Good knowledge of aviation systems engineering and safety standards, particularly ARP4754A and ARP4761, as well as relevant INCOSE / ISO 15288 principles.

- Skills

Strong practical experience in requirements management, traceability, verification criteria, and requirements validation. Strong knowledge of Verification & Validation planning, test strategy, test definition, integration, and verification execution.

• Hands-on experience with requirements management tools such as IBM DOORS, Jama Connect, Polarion, or equivalent.
• Experience with requirements baselines, change management, configuration management, and maintaining bidirectional traceability from system requirements through verification.
• High analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong attention to detail and capability to produce clear, high-quality technical documentation. Proactive mindset with the ability to drive system-level decisions and identify technical risks early.
• Communication: Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, able to interact effectively with cross-functional teams and regulators.
• Languages: Proficiency in English. German desirable.
• Join a dynamic and international team at ANAVIA and help shape the future of unmanned aviation.
• We look forward to receiving your application.
• Please note that this position is open only to candidates who hold a valid Swiss work permit, EU nationality, or Swiss citizenship.