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Merlin Labs

Location:
United States

Category:
IT - Software Development

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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:

Lead and perform avionics systems integration and testing of components of our aircraft autonomy system
Write and maintain electrical systems requirements documents, electrical load analyses, and other related documents for prototyping and certification
Write, maintain and execute test plans and design verification documents
Specify, identify, integrate and verify Commercial/Modified-Off-the-Shelf (COTS/MOTS) electronic subsystems for aircraft installation
Prepare and release electrical design and fabrication documentation for partners, vendors, and customers
Work with suppliers, managing their performance to requirements, budget and schedule
Provide guidance to other electrical engineers and technicians across the team working on electrical and electronic aspects of the system architecture and schematics including power, computer, electro-mechanical, interconnect systems, wireless communications, cable harnesses, packaging, cable routing, and user interfaces and controls
This position may require up to 50% travel to both domestic and international locations to support hardware integration

Requirements:

BS in Electrical or Aerospace Engineering
10+ years of relevant systems level electrical systems and integration design experience for the aviation, aerospace, industries
Experience integrating and testing avionics systems
Experience with component specification, supplier interaction, and procurement processes
Experience integrating and debugging systems containing COTS/MOTS modules, custom circuits, software, sensors, and human / machine / graphical user interfaces
Working knowledge of integrating various components using standard interface protocols such as ARINC 429, RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485
Familiarity with lab test equipment, including oscilloscopes, multimeters, current probes, data acquisition, and bus analyzers
Experience with wire harness design and connector component selection and sourcing
Outstanding organization, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills

Nice to have:

Specific experience with aircraft avionics, communications, and power distribution and management systems
Working knowledge and understanding of the qualification and regulatory requirements for commercial and military aircraft. Specifically: RTCA D0-160, DO-178, DO-254
and MIL-STD-810
Hands-on capability in a lab/field setting and able to function comfortably as an electromechanical technician to build and prove out designs. (SMT soldering, drilling, wiring, crimping, use of hand tools, design/build of cable assemblies.)
Hands-on experience with electro-mechanical systems such as motors and associated EMI/EMC design and qualification testing
Aviation/Aerospace wire harness design experience
Experience with design tools such as SolidWorks Electrical, Altium, or KiCAD

What we offer:

health
dental
life
unlimited vacation
401k with match

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 10, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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