Exceptional jobs for exceptional people
Skyguide is responsible for people’s safety and relies on its team of highly qualified, well-trained employees.
- February 04, 2025
- 3 Min. reading time
- Sponsored by: Skyguide
Billions of people all over the world take to the skies every day, which results in millions of flight movements. In addition, goods and post are transported by air. All of this means that the aviation industry worldwide employs hundreds of thousands of people.
A mandate from the Swiss Confederation
Skyguide provides air navigation services in Switzerland and in adjacent areas of neighbouring countries. Every year, the company guides 1.2 million civil and military flights safely and efficiently through Europe’s busiest airspace. Skyguide is one of the most attractive employers in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, in part because of the excitement of working in the aviation industry, the innovative projects and the company’s high ethical standards. The Swiss Federal Council has entrusted Skyguide with a mandate that defines the company’s tasks and duties and this guarantees exceptional job security for Skyguide employees. Skyguide has 14 sites in Switzerland and its head office is located next to the airport in Geneva.
An attractive employer
Around 1500 people from many different countries and cultures work at Skyguide. The result is a lively, dynamic, multi-cultural working environment. The atmosphere at Skyguide is international and the company also has a positive safety culture. For many of its roles, Skyguide also offers opportunities for flexible working, competitive pay and attractive employee benefits and fringe benefits. Skyguide employees have many opportunities for training and further education and this enables them to grow and develop. As an employer that promotes equal opportunities, Skyguide has a diverse and inclusive team which brings people from different backgrounds together.
80 different professions
Air traffic controller, instructor, administration employee, communications employee, trainer, compliance specialist, air traffic safety electronics technician, application manager, project manager – there are many different roles at Skyguide! People in more than 80 different professions work for the company. The departments include operations (for example, air traffic control, aeronautical information services), engineering and technical services, information technology, finances, corporate development, human resources, and safety, security and quality – and, of course, the more than 100 Skyguide trainees.
The opportunities for joining Skyguide are as diverse as the professions:
- After primary school, complete an apprenticeship as a commercial employee or an information technologist with a federal vocational diploma.
- With a master’s or bachelor’s degree or a baccalaureate or after secondary school, take an internship.
- With a baccalaureate or a federal vocational diploma, join a trainee programme.
- Direct entry is available for professionals.
Skyguide has exceptional jobs on offer for equally exceptional people who enjoy taking responsibility.
Skyguide trains air traffic safety electronics personnel (ATSEP)
Invisible to the public, but essential for operations, air traffic safety electronics technicians play a key role in aviation.
Pilots rely on accurate electronic signals sent by navigation aids on the ground. As engineers and technical and IT specialists, air traffic safety electronics technicians are responsible for these ground-based electronic systems. Their tasks include:
- Maintenance and repairs
- Modifications and new installations of navigation and radar systems.
More information: www.skyguide.ch/atsep
Air navigation services employees guarantee the safety of air transport
The air navigation services employees at Skyguide play a key role in the safe and efficient management of air traffic. Air navigation services employees (ANSEs) work primarily in air traffic management (ATM) and in aeronautical information management (AIM). They provide important information to the main stakeholders in the Swiss aviation industry (airlines, pilots, airport authorities, air traffic controllers) to ensure that the flow of air traffic is safe and efficient.
More information: www.skyguide.ch/anse
