Avionics Hardware Engineer – Flight-Critical Systems

Destinus SA; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Destinus is seeking an Electronics Engineer to design, integrate, and test flight-critical electronic systems for advanced aerospace vehicles, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to turn concepts into reliable, high-performance hardware and software. This role will involve hardware development from requirements to bring-up and involvement in flight testing and diagnostics.

You will work on Linux-based test benches, loops with embedded C/C++, and ensure robust interfaces (SPI/I2C/CAN/UART)

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical, Aerospace or Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience: 2+ years developing avionics or complex hardware systems.
• PCB Design: Proficient in PCB design and layout using Altium.
• Test Bench & Linux: Experience writing scripts for hardware testing in Linux.
• Embedded Systems: Knowledge of embedded C/C++ and STM32 microcontrollers.
• Debugging & Lab Tools: Comfortable with lab equipment like oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Interfaces: Understand serial protocols (SPI, I2C, CAN, UART).
• Mindset & Soft Skills: Structured, detailed, and good communicator.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test flight computer hardware; schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Own hardware development lifecycle from requirements to bring-up and validation.
• Develop and run Linux-based scripts for automated hardware test benches.
• Serve as primary technical contact for hardware modules across teams.
• Perform system integration, diagnostics, and fault handling on lab and field hardware.
• Maintain design reviews, documentation, and reliability improvements.
• Support flight testing preparation, telemetry monitoring, and field ops.

Skills

Avionics hardware

PCB design

Embedded C/C++

Linux test benches

System debugging

Serial interfaces

Cross-disciplinary

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical/Aerospace/Computer Eng

Tools

Altium

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

JTAG

Job description

Destinus is seeking an Electronics Engineer to design, integrate, and test flight-critical electronic systems for advanced aerospace vehicles, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to turn concepts into reliable, high-performance hardware and software. This role will involve hardware development from requirements to bring-up and involvement in flight testing and diagnostics.

You will work on Linux-based test benches, loops with embedded C/C++, and ensure robust interfaces (SPI/I2C/CAN/UART)