Autonomous Aerospace Electrical Engineer

Merlin; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Unlimited vacation

401(k) with match

Job summary

Merlin Labs in Boston area is seeking an electrical engineer to design, integrate, and validate electrical systems for autonomous aircraft. You will work with cross-disciplinary teams to bring hardware from concept through flight testing and production.

The role requires hands-on hardware bring-up, lab debugging, and familiarity with avionics interfaces. Competitive benefits and startup environment offered.

Qualifications

• Experience designing electrical systems for complex electromechanical platforms.
• Hands-on hardware bring-up and lab debugging experience.
• Familiarity with FAA certification environments or regulated development is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and integrate electrical systems and hardware for autonomous aircraft platforms including power distribution, avionics interfaces, harnessing, sensors, communications, and embedded electronics
• Create schematics, wiring diagrams, and electrical documentation to support prototype and production hardware builds
• Support electrical architecture development, component selection, system integration, and hardware validation activities
• Collaborate with mechanical, avionics, software, systems engineering, manufacturing, and flight test teams for seamless integration
• Perform electrical analysis, troubleshooting, and root cause investigations
• Support prototype assembly, hardware bring-up, integration testing, and flight test operations
• Develop and execute electrical test plans, validation procedures, and qualification activities
• Work with suppliers and manufacturing partners for fabrication, sourcing, and production readiness
• Contribute to reliability, manufacturability, weight optimization, and power efficiency initiatives
• Operate effectively in a fast-moving development environment with evolving priorities

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Hands-on

Electrical design

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Logic analyzers

Job description

Merlin Labs in Boston area is seeking an electrical engineer to design, integrate, and validate electrical systems for autonomous aircraft. You will work with cross-disciplinary teams to bring hardware from concept through flight testing and production.

The role requires hands-on hardware bring-up, lab debugging, and familiarity with avionics interfaces. Competitive benefits and startup environment offered.