Vice President of Autonomy

We’re building the brains of the airplane. As the Vice President of Autonomy, you’ll lead the team responsible for developing Merlin’s core autonomy software—spanning flight control, navigation, perception, decision-making, and higher-level mission behaviors. This role sits at the heart of the Merlin Pilot product and is critical to our mission of enabling safe, airworthy, and intelligent autonomous flight across a diverse fleet of aircraft. You will manage a high-performing software team focused on building and integrating autonomy layers that operate in real time on safety-critical airborne platforms. You'll partner closely with the Systems Engineering, Compute Platform, and Simulation teams to ensure delivery of robust, testable, and airworthy software aligned to the broader product roadmap. This is a hands-on leadership role—equal parts technical strategy/innovation, people leadership, and delivery accountability.