Senior Electrical Systems Engineer | Avionics Architect

SWITCH; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SWITCH is seeking an experienced electrical engineer to own the complete electrical lifecycle for avionics systems, from defining architectures to release, ensuring safety and reliability under demanding conditions.

You will design power management, create PCB schematics, integrate batteries, BMS, flight controllers, and interfaces (CAN, UART, Ethernet), while applying EMI/EMC practices to improve power integrity and fault tolerance. Relocation to the Netherlands may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 5 years in embedded electronics/avionics/high-reliability industries.
• Demonstrated success delivering hardware through full development lifecycle.
• Strong expertise in DC power, grounding, protection, and monitoring.
• Experience designing schematics and multilayer PCBs with Altium KiCad or comparable ECAD.

Responsibilities

• Develop electrical system architectures including power distribution, grounding concepts, load analysis, and critical load prioritization.
• Design power management and protection solutions covering undervoltage, overvoltage, reverse polarity, inrush, short-circuit, and UPS operation.
• Create schematics and multilayer PCBs for power electronics, avionics, sensing, timing, and mission-critical hardware.
• Integrate batteries, BMS, flight controllers, onboard computers, sensors, and payload systems.
• Define wiring harnesses, connector layouts, pin assignments, shielding, and interface control documentation.
• Implement and validate interfaces (CAN, UART, Ethernet, timing).
• Raise system reliability via EMI/EMC best practices, electrical isolation, derating, and fault injection validation.

Skills

Electrical systems

DC power

System architecture

PCB design

Hardware debugging

EMI/EMC

High-reliability engineering

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

KiCad

Job description

SWITCH is seeking an experienced electrical engineer to own the complete electrical lifecycle for avionics systems, from defining architectures to release, ensuring safety and reliability under demanding conditions.

You will design power management, create PCB schematics, integrate batteries, BMS, flight controllers, and interfaces (CAN, UART, Ethernet), while applying EMI/EMC practices to improve power integrity and fault tolerance. Relocation to the Netherlands may be required.