Space Analysis Director – Flight Structures & Vibration

APCO Technologies SA; Vaud; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic international environment

Modern premises

Long-term development

Team-oriented culture

Job summary

APCO Technologies SA in Switzerland’s Vaud region seeks a senior aerospace engineer to lead a 7‑member team, oversee competence development, and establish department budgets.

You will analyze customer specifications, justify and optimize structural designs per ECSS standards in static, dynamic, thermal environments, and prepare technical documents for all project phases including vibration and acoustic tests.

Qualifications

• EPF Master degree or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience on flight equipment.
• Proficient in static, modal, frequency response, shock, vibro-acoustic, thermal and thermo-elastic analyses.
• Knowledge of ECSS standards.
• Fluent in English and French, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Manage and animate a team of 7 engineers.
• Maintain the competences of the team and stay aware of new technics and developments.
• Establish the budgets of the department.
• Analyse customers’ specifications.
• Justify and optimize structures’ design following standards in static, dynamic, thermal environments.
• Make the technical documents of all the projects’ phases including vibration and acoustic tests.
• Attend the meeting internally and with customers.

Skills

Structural analysis

Modal analysis

Finite element method

Nastran

FEMAP

ECSS standards

English-French fluency

Team leadership

Budgeting

Vibro-acoustics

Education

EPF Master degree or equivalent

Tools

Nastran

FEMAP

Job description

APCO Technologies SA in Switzerland’s Vaud region seeks a senior aerospace engineer to lead a 7‑member team, oversee competence development, and establish department budgets.

You will analyze customer specifications, justify and optimize structural designs per ECSS standards in static, dynamic, thermal environments, and prepare technical documents for all project phases including vibration and acoustic tests.