Staff Engineer, Model-Based Software (Aerospace)

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, or remote within the United States; the position is also described as hybrid and based on-site at Merlin HQ in Boston.

Salary: $200,000–$265,000 base salary per year.

Company

hirify.global is an aerospace and defense company developing a non-human pilot and full-stack autonomy systems for commercial and defense aircraft.

What you will do

• Design and develop flight-critical software with Simulink, Stateflow, Embedded Coder, and related MathWorks tools.
• Define software architecture, modeling standards, and development workflows aligned with DO-178C and DO-331.
• Create, review, and maintain software requirements, models, auto-generated code, and certification artifacts.
• Support CI pipelines, model and code quality checks, static analysis, automated verification, and tool automation.
• Collaborate with systems, safety, hardware, flight controls, and flight-test engineers.
• Support SOI audits, certification reviews, HIL and PIL testing, integration troubleshooting, and flight-test data analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical, aerospace, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience developing embedded or safety-critical software.
• Extensive experience with Simulink, Stateflow, Embedded Coder, Simulink Check, Simulink Code Inspector, Simulink Test, and Polyspace Bug Finder.
• Strong requirements-management and traceability experience with tools such as DOORS, Jama, or Polarion.
• Working knowledge of DO-178C and hands-on experience with DO-331, plus experience with CI/CD and automated model and code quality checks.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship or visa transfer; visa sponsorship is not available.

Culture & Benefits

• Innovative, entrepreneurial, and team-focused startup environment.
• Full-time benefits include health, dental, life insurance, unlimited vacation, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Professional development support and work/life integration.
• On-site perks include catered lunches, snacks, and beverages.
• Equity grants are included as part of total compensation.