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Flight Technician

ANAVIA Näfels, ANAVIA Bilten
Full-time
Permanent employee

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.
 
Other Tasks
Technical Problem Solving:
  • 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.
Training & Collaboration:
  • 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.
Competencies & Duties
  • 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.

About us

ANAVIA is a Swiss aerospace company and global market leader in the development and manufacture of advanced unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft systems with a maximum take-off weight of up to 1,150 kg. Our dual-use helicopter platforms and sensors support a wide range of missions, including intelligence and surveillance (ISR), infrastructure inspection, cargo, and other critical operations.

Driven by a multinational and disciplinary team of highly skilled engineers in mechatronics, avionics, composites, software, flight testing, and industry specialists in marketing, manufacturing, flight operations and service, ANAVIA manages the entire product lifecycle in-house - from concept and design through certification, production, and global customer support.

Headquartered in Bilten and Näfels, Switzerland, and a wholly owned subsidiary in the United Arab Emirates, ANAVIA combines Swiss engineering excellence with a growing international footprint. Our reputation is built on technological innovation, operational reliability, and uncompromising quality. Supported by a robust European supply chain, we deliver mission-ready aerospace solutions that reflect the highest standards of Swiss precision and manufacturing excellence.