Flight Technician

Your mission

Key Tasks
Aircraft Maintenance & Assembly:

• Perform sub-assembly, final assembly, and repair tasks on aircraft, payloads, and associated components in accordance with work in-strictions and quality standards.
• Execute scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities both at the Swiss headquarters and during international deployments.
• Conduct inspections, installations, removals, replacements, and functional testing of subsystems and ground support equipment (GSE).

Flight Operations:

• Support pre-flight and post-flight inspections, system preparation, and maintenance, ensuring all work is completed, documented, and signed off correctly.
• Prepare and maintain aircraft, Ground Control Stations (GCS), data transmission systems, and payloads for flight missions.
• Assist remote pilots and manage ground movements during flight operations.
• Quality, Safety & Compliance:
• Ensure full traceability and documentation of all tasks performed, including inspection and testing of incoming goods and parts.
• Comply with safety standards, internal quality protocols, work instructions, and regulatory requirements (including handling Dangerous Goods).
• Maintain all GSE in operational condition to support daily flight and test activities.

• Perform fault diagnosis using appropriate test equipment and support root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions for sys-tem failures or malfunctions.
• Contribute suggestions for product and process improvements based on operational experience.

• Act as a technician instructor for internal and/or external training sessions.
• Collaborate proactively with engineering, logistics, and operations teams to ensure seamless mission support.

• Working independently and responsibly. Perform task tasks as described above. Proactive communication when issues arise, or help is needed.
• Compliance according to ANAVIA’ employment contract, compliance with company’ safety instructions and employee’ safety requirements, compliance with employers’ quality manual, work instructions and cor-responding process specifications and instructions.
• Assure 5s behavior to drive clean, safe and efficient work processes.
• International travel requires up to 50% of employee’ working hours.

Your profile

Qualifications

• Completed technical education (e.g., in mechanical, electrical, or aerospace engineering).
• Minimum 7 years of experience as an aircraft technician (manned and/or unmanned).
• Proven understanding of aircraft assembly, system integration, and maintenance procedures.
• Strong diagnostic skills and hands-on experience with technical test equipment.
• Strong English communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Working knowledge of operational risk management practices.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and documentation tools.
• Valid driver’s license.

Why us?