System Engineer / TPL – Short & Medium Range Air Surveillance in Wangen

“Geek\" isn't an insult – it's a badge of honour.

Do you know your way around computers, networks and complex IT environments better than most? Then you might be exactly who we're looking for.

At RUAG, you'll work across the entire ICT landscape – from development and integration to operation and maintenance. You'll bring your expertise to a highly secure environment where reliable IT infrastructure is essential and your work directly contributes to the security of Switzerland.

System Engineer / TPL – Short & Medium Range Air Surveillance

What you can do

• Lead the overall project for establishing RUAG's MRO, integration, simulation, and operational support capabilities.
• Take responsibility for project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, and deliverables.
• Act as the technical point of contact and subject-matter expert throughout system introduction, transition into service, operation, and maintenance.
• Lead interdisciplinary activities across Engineering, Logistics, Maintenance, Business Development, Sales, OEMs, suppliers, and customer-facing organizations.
• Establish the required system knowledge, diagnostic methods, processes, infrastructure, tooling, documentation, training, and support concepts.
• Lead technical knowledge transfer and industrial cooperation with OEMs and suppliers, including offset-related activities.
• Lead and support integration, verification, acceptance, commissioning, troubleshooting, fault diagnosis, and root-cause analysis.
• Translate technical and operational customer needs into effective maintenance, integration, simulation, and support solutions.
• Lead the development of business opportunities, tenders, technical concepts, effort estimations, and offer inputs together with Business Development and Sales.
• Ensure compliance with technical, contractual, quality, safety, security, and regulatory requirements.

What you bring

• Master's degree, preferably in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Electronics, Physics, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Several years of experience in leading complex technical projects in radar, sensors, surveillance, RF technologies, or other mission-critical environments.
• Solid project management expertise, preferably with IPMA B or C, PMI, HERMES, or comparable certification.
• Proven experience in system engineering, integration, maintenance, troubleshooting, diagnostics, or support of complex technical systems.
• Strong technical understanding and the ability to translate system expertise into customer value and sustainable support solutions.
• Strong business awareness and experience in leading technical business development activities.
• Excellent leadership, communication, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience with Python, Linux and/or Windows, simulation environments, and common radar data format such as ASTERIX
• Fluent in German and English; French is a strong asset.
• Willingness to travel regularly within Switzerland and occasionally abroad.
• Eligible to Swiss security clearance

We are always looking for talented and motivated individuals who would like to contribute to our team. We place great importance on diversity and equal opportunities, and our goal is to build a diverse team where everyone can fully develop their individual strengths. In particular, we encourage people of all genders who may have concerns about working in a defence-related environment to apply.

Your benefits

Salary and benefits

We offer a performance-based and market-oriented salary, 13 monthly salaries, as well as generous bonuses and allowances. Together with additional benefits, this results in an attractive overall package.

Flexible working

We place great importance on helping our employees maintain a healthy work-life balance. We therefore offer flexible working hours and home office options, among other benefits.

Discounts

At RUAG, you benefit from discounts in the areas of mobility and meals. In addition, our benefits portal offers attractive deals, and you can benefit from fleet discounts with various renowned car manufacturers.

Career and development opportunities

Supporting and developing the potential of our employees is important to us. Through training, courses and further education opportunities, we support our employees in continuously expanding their skills and achieving their professional goals.

Leisure benefits

Our employees are important to us. That is why we give them a day off on their birthday, offer a diverse range of sports activities and provide the opportunity to take additional days off in exchange for a corresponding salary deduction on top of their annual holiday entitlement.

Your contact person

Lars Thomann

Talent Acqusition Specialist

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