Senior Avionics Development Assurance Engineer – ARP4754B

Merlin; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, life insurance

Unlimited vacation

401k with match

Equity opportunities

Job summary

Merlin Labs, a US-based aerospace and defense innovator, seeks a leader to own the Development Assurance process foundation for ARP4754B programs. You will guide requirements development, lead audits, and mentor teams across Autonomy and Flight Test operations.

You will collaborate with Systems Engineering to mature requirements from prototype to production, align with DO-178C/DO-254, and help scale a common requirements database across software baselines.

Qualifications

• 6-9 years of experience in Development Assurance with a Bachelor's degree, 4-6 years with a Master's degree, or 2-3 years with a PhD, in Engineering, Quality Assurance, or a related field
• Direct, hands-on experience developing, implementing, or auditing engineering processes under SAE ARP4754A/B and SAE ARP4761/A
• Experience partnering with Systems Engineering to develop and mature requirements sets across prototype through full production configurations
• Strong audit, technical writing, and communication skills, including experience training or mentoring engineers on process and compliance topics
• Experience working with regulatory agencies (FAA or equivalent) on Part 23, 25, or 29 certification projects, including Part 25 Type Inspection Authorization (TIA) experience
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams through complex development assurance solutions on challenging schedules
• Demonstrated independence in decision‑making, with the judgment to apply the right level of rigor to different projects rather than a single standard to everything

Responsibilities

• Assess existing processes and tools against ARP4754B to identify gaps and drive improvements
• Own the refinement, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Development Assurance process documentation compliant with SAE ARP4754B, scaled to different levels of rigor across program types
• Partner closely with Merlin's technology organization to advance focus areas: robust requirements, common database, DO-178C/DO-254 cross-training
• Build Development Assurance plans, audit plans, and process control plans for future certification programs
• Lead cross-functional teams through complex development assurance solutions on challenging program schedules
• Collaborate with Engineering to keep process specifications current as programs, tools, and regulatory guidance evolve
• Serve as a trainer, teacher, and mentor to engineering teams, building organization-wide fluency in development assurance standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Jama

DOORS

Job description

Merlin Labs, a US-based aerospace and defense innovator, seeks a leader to own the Development Assurance process foundation for ARP4754B programs. You will guide requirements development, lead audits, and mentor teams across Autonomy and Flight Test operations.

You will collaborate with Systems Engineering to mature requirements from prototype to production, align with DO-178C/DO-254, and help scale a common requirements database across software baselines.