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Flight Test Engineer

United States, North Kingstown · Job Posted December 10, 2025
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Job Description

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.

Job Responsibility

  • Join our flight test engineering team in supporting development of our autonomy systems by flying early and often
  • Develop, and drive the application of, the processes we need to prepare for, execute, and analyze our flight tests
  • Collaborate with hardware, software, flight controls, integration, and flight operation teams to develop and author test plans, ensure readiness for test, and drive efficient and effective collection of the data we need to test our systems
  • Participate in flight tests, including building and approving cards, verifying procedures and software via simulation, serving as test director/conductor, and supporting generation of analysis and deficiency reports after flight

Requirements

  • BS in Engineering or a related subject
  • 5+ years direct experience with experimental flight test or a combination of equivalent formal training and experience
  • Knowledge of basic concepts of fixed wing aircraft flight dynamics and control
  • Enthusiastic willingness to do what needs to be done to help our flight test program succeed
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication and organizational skills
  • Must be eligible to work in the US without visa sponsorship

Nice to have

  • Flight Test Engineer Professional course (NTPS, ITPS, Military TPS)
  • BS in Aerospace engineering
  • Experience using software development environments and tools such as Linux, git, and Jira
  • Knowledge of Python and/or Matlab, especially for scripting and engineering data analysis
  • Experience with flight controls product development, including testing and troubleshooting at the system level as well as at the software component level
  • Experience with certification programs and flight test

What we offer

health, dental, life, unlimited vacation, and 401k with match

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