Aerospace Chief Systems Architect

Destinus; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 150.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Destinus seeks a systems architect to define an aerospace product from first principles, turning an ambiguous, high-stakes challenge into a clear architecture, a working system, and a real flying platform. This role blends product vision with hard engineering reality and speed.

You will own the architecture, connect controls, sensing, navigation, software, propulsion, and test strategy, lead decisions on what to build or buy, and lead a small elite engineering team toward a demonstrator with

Qualifikationen

• Strong academic foundation in aerospace engineering, physics, robotics, control systems, or a related field.
• Deep understanding of dynamics, estimation, controls, and system level thinking.
• Proven experience on high dynamic or high reliability systems, ideally through full test or flight cycles.
• Ability to move between architecture design, simulation, coding, and hands-on testing.

Aufgaben

• Define system objective function and translate mission needs into a coherent product architecture that works in the real world.
• Connect controls, sensing, navigation, software, propulsion, avionics, and test strategy to serve the product.
• Lead architecture decisions, trade-offs, and decisions on build vs buy.
• Create fast design test loops, turning uncertainty into validated knowledge through simulation and hardware testing.
• Build and lead a small elite engineering team, setting technical bar high and keeping execution sharp.
• Identify high-risk areas early and design experiments to reduce those risks.
• Drive the system from concept to demonstrator with scalable, real product outcomes.

Kenntnisse

Aerospace Engineering

Controls

Simulation

System thinking

Hands-on testing

AI in engineering

Leadership

Coding

Cross-functional collaboration

Ausbildung

Master's degree in Aerospace/Mechanical/Systems Engineering

PhD in a related field (nice to have)

Tools

Simulink

Python

Jobbeschreibung

Destinus seeks a systems architect to define an aerospace product from first principles, turning an ambiguous, high-stakes challenge into a clear architecture, a working system, and a real flying platform. This role blends product vision with hard engineering reality and speed.

You will own the architecture, connect controls, sensing, navigation, software, propulsion, and test strategy, lead decisions on what to build or buy, and lead a small elite engineering team toward a demonstrator with