Airborne Software Lead - DO-178C Certified, Flexible Hours

avec compétence GmbH; Manno; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Individual pension solutions

Training and development support

Job summary

avec compétence GmbH seeks a senior leader to establish and grow an airborne software engineering team in Switzerland. You will oversee development, verification, and certification activities for aerospace systems, mentoring engineers and ensuring DO-178C compliance.

You will act as the software focal point with HQ, plan across the lifecycle, and liaise with certification authorities, vendors, and cross-functional teams. Fluent English is required; Italian is highly desired.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering (Bachelor's level or higher).
• Extensive experience in software development within a regulated environment.
• Demonstrated success leading multicultural and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong expertise in C programming, software architecture, software testing and model-based development (SCADE).
• Experience applying DO-178C and related standards in certified aerospace projects.
• Understanding of modern software development processes and tools, including Git, Jira and DOORS.
• Fluent English (C1 or higher); Italian language knowledge highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Establish and grow the airborne software team, fostering a collaborative engineering culture.
• Act as the primary software focal point, aligning with the software organization at headquarters.
• Plan, coordinate, and lead software development and verification activities across the software lifecycle.
• Define tasks and mentor software engineers.
• Ensure compliance with aviation certification standards, processes, quality requirements, budgets and schedules.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, program management, and external partners and suppliers.
• Build relationships with certification authorities, vendors and cross-functional teams.

Skills

C programming

Software architecture

Software testing

Model-based development (SCADE)

Leadership of multicultural teams

Git

Jira

DO-178C

DOORS

English (C1)

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering

Tools

Git

Jira

DOORS

Job description

avec compétence GmbH seeks a senior leader to establish and grow an airborne software engineering team in Switzerland. You will oversee development, verification, and certification activities for aerospace systems, mentoring engineers and ensuring DO-178C compliance.

You will act as the software focal point with HQ, plan across the lifecycle, and liaise with certification authorities, vendors, and cross-functional teams. Fluent English is required; Italian is highly desired.