Merlin Labs
Test Data Engineer
Boston · Contract
No sponsorshipDetected 8 days ago
Machine LearningData AnalysisData ScienceHRISAvionicsSystems EngineeringLeadership
About the role
- This position is based on-site at Merlin HQ in Boston, MA.
- These include catered lunches featuring a rotating menu of delicious options, an assortment of snacks to keep you fueled throughout the day, and a selection of beverages, including coffee, tea, and other drinks, to keep you refreshed.
- Merlin Labs is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity.
Responsibilities
- Own Merlin's Test Data Platform Strategy
- Own the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for Merlin's engineering test data platforms.
- Drive adoption of scalable data platforms supporting laboratory, simulation, ground test, and flight test activities.
- Manage strategic vendor relationships, roadmap alignment, and platform performance.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and lead continuous platform improvement and deployment.
- Drive Engineering Data Strategy
- Lead the transition from legacy workflows to modern digital engineering platforms.
- Partner Across Engineering
- Serve as the primary partner to Systems Engineering, Flight Test, Instrumentation, Software, and Program Management teams.
- Drive integration between engineering platforms and enterprise systems.
Requirements
- This mission-critical role combines engineering process leadership, systems-engineering, technical domain experience, understanding test data workflows, and configuration control and change management.
- Bachelor degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of experience in aerospace, aviation, defense, transportation, or other complex engineering environments.
- Experience with engineering systems, test operations, telemetry systems, data platforms, or digital engineering initiatives.
- Experience with FTI management, telemetry systems, aero integration and test operations.
- Experience managing enterprise software implementations and deployments.
- Experience working across multiple technical disciplines and organizational levels.
- Bachelor degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or related technical discipline. Advanced degree preferred.
- Technical Knowledge
- Data acquisition systems typical of aircraft
- Telemetry systems
- Instrumentation systems
- Engineering data management
- Systems engineering
- Configuration management
- Data analytics platforms
Nice to have
- Advanced degree preferred.
Benefits
- Vision to establish (CloudTS and Epsilon3.io) test data platforms as strategic enterprise capability rather than a low-priority software application maintenance side-project.
- Define the long-term vision for engineering test data management across Merlin.
Company info
- 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.
- You will be the primary interface between our internal data customers and various vendors (e.g., Marpin Labs, Epsilon3), ensuring the external products can be used by Merlin engineers by any combination of training Merlin employees or helping to develop external services to suit company needs.
Visa & Work Authorization
- At this time, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or consider candidates who require visa transfers.
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