Merlin Labs

Staff Systems Engineer, Integration

Boston or Remote · Staff+ · Contract

No sponsorshipDetected 15 days ago

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About the role

You've worked in an experimental R&D flight test environment with general civil certified or commercial derivative aircraft and know how to keep safety at the forefront while still moving quickly.

Guide system development and traceability from system requirements capture, through design decision making, to final demonstration for systems being implemented on various aircraft.
Work across the safety, hardware, simulation, and software teams to capture, document, and communicate requirements and interfaces
Host design reviews of architectures for senior leadership and review artifacts as the primary technical stakeholder across all supporting functional disciplines.
Managing systems engineering tasking and aligning disciplines to support their successful and timely completion.
Being part of the Merlin team allows you to become part of a small team that supports professional development while working together to achieve our mission.

You have a passion for new development and have a proven record of navigating the challenges in new product integration.
10+ years of experience conducting systems engineering in FAA/EASA/Military certification programs (8+ years with MS degree).
Experience with requirements management tools and processes
Hands-on experience in integrating avionics and/or avionics integrated mission equipment using civil and/or military standards for flight safety, equipment qualification, and airworthiness
Demonstrated ability to lead as a Systems Engineer in solving complex architectural and systems engineering-related problems across aircraft integration and software.
Demonstrated experience facilitating design across multi-disciplined functional groups: hardware, software, electrical, mechanical, and test engineering.
Demonstrated ability to develop system-level requirements, architecture, and interfaces, and perform requirements validation and verification.
Demonstrated familiarity with general aviation aircraft and integration.

Specific experience with general aviation aircraft integration, including Cessna Caravan
Specific experience in the area of Automatic Flight Controls, Flight Management, or Display Systems.
Working knowledge of FAA/EASA/Military regulations and standards is a plus.
Familiarity with Simulink, Cameo, IADS, Jama, JIRA
Merlin Labs offers an innovative, entrepreneurial, and team-focused startup environment.
Merlin Labs is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity.
All job offers are contingent upon the candidate passing background and reference checks.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

We also offer a top-notch benefits package (health, dental, life, unlimited vacation, and 401k with match) and work/life integration.

Merlin is a venture backed aerospace startup building a non-human pilot to enable both reduced crew and uncrewed flight.
Backed by some of the world's leading investors, Merlin is scaling alongside our customers to begin leveraging autonomy today to solve some of aviation's biggest challenges.
At this time, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or consider candidates who require visa transfers.

At this time, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or consider candidates who require visa transfers.

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