Staff Software Engineer - Flight Autonomy & DO-178C

Remote Genie; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Catered lunches

Snacks & beverages

Top-tier benefits

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. You will develop model-based flight software using MathWorks tools and support DO-178C compliant development.

The role emphasizes Simulink/Stateflow, C/C++, and end-to-end lifecycle activities from requirements through certification, including HIL/PIL testing and CI/CD integration.

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.

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

Simulink

Stateflow

Embedded Coder

C/C++

DO-178C

CI/CD

Model-based design

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields

Tools

DOORS

Jama

Polarion

MATLAB

Simulink

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. You will develop model-based flight software using MathWorks tools and support DO-178C compliant development.

The role emphasizes Simulink/Stateflow, C/C++, and end-to-end lifecycle activities from requirements through certification, including HIL/PIL testing and CI/CD integration.