Aerospace Autonomy Software Engineer

Merlin; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, life insurance

Unlimited vacation

401k with match

Job summary

Merlin Labs is hiring a versatile software engineer to develop autonomy software across the stack for aircraft systems. You’ll work on embedded and high-level autonomy components, implementing perception, reasoning, planning and execution algorithms to enable safe autonomous flight.

The role emphasizes collaboration, code quality, and integration with simulation, flight tests, and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced startup environment in Massachusetts.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, robotics, or a related field.
• BS and 3+ or MS and 2+ years of experience developing software for robotic or autonomous systems.
• Experience with state machines, behavior trees, or task planning algorithms.
• Experience with route, path and trajectory planning.
• Experience with Linux and open-source development tools.
• Experience with both Python and C++.
• Experience with ROS, DDS or similar robotics middleware.

Responsibilities

• Develop software across the stack of an aircraft autonomy system, contributing to lower level embedded systems and higher level autonomy function areas as needed.
• Implement and integrate algorithms for perception, reasoning, decision making, planning, and execution in support of autonomous airborne operations.
• Collaborate with domain leads to understand architecture, requirements, and design intent for specific capabilities.
• Contribute to simulation, integration, and flight test activities to validate autonomy software in relevant environments.
• Write, test, document and review code according to Merlin’s development standards.
• Collaborate across Merlin to develop novel, certifiable systems to solve the toughest problems in aviation and autonomy.

Skills

C++

Python

ROS

Linux

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

BS in computer science or related field

MS in related field

Tools

ROS middleware

DDS

Git

Job description

Merlin Labs is hiring a versatile software engineer to develop autonomy software across the stack for aircraft systems. You’ll work on embedded and high-level autonomy components, implementing perception, reasoning, planning and execution algorithms to enable safe autonomous flight.

The role emphasizes collaboration, code quality, and integration with simulation, flight tests, and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced startup environment in Massachusetts.