Senior Aviation Cyber Certification Engineer (Fully Remote)

Merlin; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible paid time off

Health, dental, life insurance

401(k) with match

Equity grants

Job summary

Merlin is a publicly traded aerospace and defense company building a non-human pilot to deliver full-stack autonomy for any aircraft. Headquartered in Boston, the company is expanding its organization and offers an innovative, entrepreneurial, and team-focused startup environment.

Merlin is seeking an experienced security engineering leader to own aviation cybersecurity certification capabilities for civil programs. You will build processes, procedures, and documentation from the ground up.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 6-9 years of cybersecurity or systems security engineering experience.
• Direct experience applying DO-326A/ED-202A, ARP4754B, and DO-356A/ED-203A on certification programs.
• Proven ability to work independently and coordinate across engineering teams.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Top-tier health, dental, life, and 401(k) with match.
• Highly competitive equity grants.

Responsibilities

• Lead airworthiness security activities aligned to DO-326A/ED-202A and ARP4754B.
• Serve as technical point of contact with FAA and other certification authorities.
• Maintain configuration control of security certification documentation.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Security engineering

Airworthiness

DO-326A/ED-202A

ARP4754B

DO-356A/ED-203A

Independent work

Cross-team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

• Own Merlin's aviation cybersecurity certification capability for civil programs.
• Build the processes, procedures, and documentation from the ground up.

What You'll Do:

• Lead airworthiness security activities aligned to DO-326A/ED-202A and ARP4754B.
• Serve as technical point of contact with FAA and other certification authorities.
• Maintain configuration control of security certification documentation.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 6-9 years of cybersecurity or systems security engineering experience.
• Direct experience applying DO-326A/ED-202A, ARP4754B, and DO-356A/ED-203A on certification programs.
• Proven ability to work independently and coordinate across engineering teams.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Top-tier health, dental, life, and 401(k) with match.
• Highly competitive equity grants.

Merlin

Merlin is a publicly traded aerospace and defense company building a non-human pilot to deliver full-stack autonomy for any aircraft. Headquartered in Boston, the company is expanding its organization and offers an innovative, entrepreneurial, and team-focused startup environment.