Senior Flight Software Engineer – Autonomy Systems

Merlin; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Catered lunches

Snacks and drinks

Health/dental/life

401k with matching

Job summary

Merlin Labs in Boston, MA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design, implement, test, and certify flight-critical autonomy algorithms for next-generation aerospace systems, using model-based flight software with MathWorks tools and DO-178C compliant development.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, contribute to CI pipelines, handle requirements, verification, and certification artifacts, and support HIL/PIL testing and audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields
• 10+ years of experience developing embedded or safety-critical software
• Experience with Simulink, Stateflow and Embedded Coder for safety critical software development
• Experience with Simulink Check, Simulink Code Inspector, Simulink Test and Polyspace Bug Finder
• Strong experience with requirements management, including authoring high-quality software requirements, maintaining traceability, and using tools such as DOORS, Jama, or Polarion
• Working knowledge of DO-178C, including hands-on experience with DO-331
• Experience with CI/CD environments and automated model/code quality checks
• Experience developing embedded flight software using C/C++ and integrating auto-generated code with manual code
• Experience performing HIL testing, automated test execution, troubleshooting integration issues and analysis of flight test data
• Experience with MATLAB scripting, tool automation, and test automation

Responsibilities

• Design and develop flight-critical software using Simulink, Stateflow, and related MathWorks tools for model-based design
• Define software architecture, modeling standards, and development workflows aligned with DO-178C and DO-331
• Create, maintain and review software requirements, models and auto-generated code
• Ensure robustness and traceability through requirements-based design, verification, and certification artifact production
• Collaborate with engineers from cross functional groups such as systems, safety, hardware, flight controls, and flight test to ensure product and program level needs are met
• Support integration into CI pipelines, including model checks, code generation, static analysis, and automated verification
• Contribute to planning and execution of SOI audits and certification reviews
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for software requirements, architecture and design decisions
• Support hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), processor-in-the-loop (PIL), and flight testing activities

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Simulink/Stateflow

DO-178C DO-331

Model-based design

CI/CD pipelines

HIL testing

Requirements management

MATLAB scripting

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in EE/CS

Tools

MathWorks tools

DOORS

Jama

Polarion

Job description

Merlin Labs in Boston, MA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design, implement, test, and certify flight-critical autonomy algorithms for next-generation aerospace systems, using model-based flight software with MathWorks tools and DO-178C compliant development.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, contribute to CI pipelines, handle requirements, verification, and certification artifacts, and support HIL/PIL testing and audits.