Autonomy Program Manager — Flight Software & Systems

Quiet Capital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k with match

Unlimited vacation

Job summary

Merlin Labs in Boston, MA is seeking a Technical Program Manager, Autonomy to lead the Merlin Pilot software release program from definition through flight validation. You will coordinate autonomous software teams, work with systems engineering and product leadership, and manage risks to achieve tiered milestones.

You will also contribute to planning, cost, and schedules while collaborating with customers and partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience managing complex software or autonomy programs.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex software systems on a release cadence with multiple teams.
• Deep technical fluency in software development and autonomy.
• Experience with autonomy system concepts: sensing, planning, flight controls, simulation-based validation.

Responsibilities

• Own execution of Merlin Pilot software release programs — driving capability definition, development, integration, verification, and flight validation across the autonomy stack.
• Run the autonomy release lifecycle end-to-end: release planning, requirements decomposition, gate reviews, build readiness, and delivery into aircraft integration programs.
• Drive execution rhythms across autonomy software teams and interfaces with systems engineering, safety, simulation, and flight test.
• Manage cross-team dependencies between autonomy software releases and downstream aircraft integration and milestones.
• Define and maintain detailed program plans with milestones, dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies.

Skills

Program management

Software systems

Autonomy knowledge

Communication

Agile methods

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field

Tools

Jira

Job description

Merlin Labs in Boston, MA is seeking a Technical Program Manager, Autonomy to lead the Merlin Pilot software release program from definition through flight validation. You will coordinate autonomous software teams, work with systems engineering and product leadership, and manage risks to achieve tiered milestones.

You will also contribute to planning, cost, and schedules while collaborating with customers and partners.