Avionics Junior Sales Engineer
Basel, BS, CH, 4030
Since 1967, Jet Aviation has been crafting flight in its smoothest form. From one hangar in Basel, Switzerland, to over 4,500 employees, and some 50 locations worldwide. Aircraft Management, Aircraft Sales, Charter, Completions, Government Services, FBO, Fixed and Rotary Wing Maintenance, and Staffing. Behind every seamless Jet Aviation experience, is a team of dedicated professionals perfecting the art of flight. The artisans of aviation. The craft that brings our customers’ journey to life. In the hangar, on the ground, and behind the scenes. Enabling global flight, with passion.
Position Summary
Jet Aviation is looking for an Avionics Junior Sales Engineer to join the Retrofit, Modification & Upgrades (RMU) Quotation Team. This role is ideal for an early-career aviation professional who wants to combine technology, customer interaction, and project coordination in a dynamic international environment.
The position focuses on developing tailored avionics upgrade solutions for business jets and large aircraft. It plays an important part in transforming customer needs into clear technical scopes of work and competitive proposals, while working closely with colleagues across Sales, Engineering, Procurement, Production, and Planning.
This is an opportunity to build a strong career foundation in a role that connects engineering know-how with commercial thinking and real business impact.
Your role
- Manage and support the quotation process for standard avionics upgrade scopes, from initial request to final handover to execution teams.
- Work closely with Sales and customers to understand expectations and translate them into technically sound solutions.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, Production, and Scheduling to collect technical assumptions, cost inputs, and planning information.
- Prepare professional quotation packages and commercial proposals using standard internal tools and systems.
- Support customer meetings and commercial discussions by providing technical and operational input.
- Ensure proposal updates and revisions are reflected accurately throughout the process.
- Help create smooth handovers so projects can transition efficiently from proposal stage to execution.
- Contribute to a collaborative team environment and support the continuous delivery of high-quality customer solutions.
What we offer you
- A strong entry point into business aviation with exposure to both technical and commercial aspects of the role.
- Hands-on involvement in impactful avionics upgrade projects for business jets and large aircraft.
- A dynamic, international, and cross-functional environment with close collaboration across multiple teams.
Your profile
- Master’s degree in Engineering from a technical university or engineering school.
- Around two years of experience in aviation in a comparable role such as Engineering, Request for Proposal Management, or Sales Project Management.
- Strong technical understanding of avionics, including cockpit, cabin, and embedded electronic systems in business or commercial aviation.
- Good knowledge of the aerospace industry, including MROs, OEMs, and the related regulatory environment.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills; knowledge of SalesForce and SAP is an advantage.
- Fluent in English at C1 level; French or German is a plus.
- Strong communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work across technical and commercial teams.
- Organized, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
If you are interested in a multicultural, challenging and innovative working environment and your profile matches our requirements, we are looking forward to receiving your online application in English.