Autonomous Flight Systems Electrical Engineer II

Quiet Capital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Life

Unlimited vacation

401k with match

Work/life integration

Job summary

Merlin Labs seeks a motivated electrical engineer to design, develop, and integrate electrical systems for autonomous aircraft platforms, spanning power distribution, avionics interfaces, harnessing, sensors, and embedded electronics. You will create schematics, wiring diagrams, and supporting documentation for prototype and production builds.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to validate hardware, perform lab testing, and drive reliability, weight optimization, and power

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Aerospace Engineering or related field.
• 3–5 years of professional electrical engineering experience in aerospace or high‑performance hardware industries.
• Experience designing and integrating electrical systems for complex electromechanical platforms.

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 across aircraft systems.
• Perform electrical analysis, troubleshooting, and root cause investigations to resolve hardware and integration issues.
• Support prototype assembly, hardware bring‑up, integration testing, environmental testing, and flight test operations.
• Develop and execute electrical test plans, validation procedures, and qualification activities.
• Work with suppliers and manufacturing partners to support fabrication, sourcing, and production readiness.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, manufacturability, weight optimization, power efficiency, and system performance.

Skills

Electrical system design

Aerospace hardware

System integration

EMC/EMI design

Lab debugging

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Logic analyzers

Job description

Merlin Labs seeks a motivated electrical engineer to design, develop, and integrate electrical systems for autonomous aircraft platforms, spanning power distribution, avionics interfaces, harnessing, sensors, and embedded electronics. You will create schematics, wiring diagrams, and supporting documentation for prototype and production builds.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to validate hardware, perform lab testing, and drive reliability, weight optimization, and power