Senior Autonomy Engineer — Human–Machine Flight Teaming

Merlin; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

401k with match

Flexible paid time off

On-site lunches

Job summary

Merlin Labs in Boston, MA is seeking an experienced software engineer for autonomous airborne systems. You will contribute to human-machine teaming, develop novel autonomy capabilities, and participate in flight-test validation.

The role requires 5+ years in software for airborne systems, fluency in Python, Linux, and C++, plus experience with ROS and modern development practices. On-site with competitive benefits and travel up to 20%.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics Engineering, or a related subject.
• 5+ years of professional experience (including graduate work) developing software for airborne autonomous systems.
• Deep experience in human-machine interaction for crewed aircraft and/or UAS, single- and multi-vehicle autonomy, and decision making algorithms.
• Experience with Linux and open-source development tools; proficiency writing Python code.
• Experience with modern software development workflows, pipelines, version control, and unit testing; peer review.
• Strong ability to learn and contribute across different technical domains.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the technical direction and implementation of capabilities supporting human-machine and machine-machine teaming for autonomous airborne systems.
• Design, develop, and deploy novel teaming capabilities to enhance performance, safety, and resilience of human-machine teams.
• Propose, design, and execute applied research and human subject experiments to evaluate teaming capabilities in realistic operations.
• Contribute to simulation, integration, and flight test activities to validate autonomy software.
• Write, test, document and review code according to Merlin’s development standards.
• Collaborate across Merlin to develop novel systems solving aviation and autonomy challenges.

Skills

Python

Linux

Open‑source

Version control

Unit testing

Peer review

C++

ROS

Technical writing

Problem solving

Education

CS/AE/Robotics degree

Tools

ROS

C++

Python

Linux

Job description

Merlin Labs in Boston, MA is seeking an experienced software engineer for autonomous airborne systems. You will contribute to human-machine teaming, develop novel autonomy capabilities, and participate in flight-test validation.

The role requires 5+ years in software for airborne systems, fluency in Python, Linux, and C++, plus experience with ROS and modern development practices. On-site with competitive benefits and travel up to 20%.