Senior System Engineer - Integration & Verification

Location: Boston, United States; hybrid workplace

Company

Merlin is a publicly traded aerospace and defense company developing the Merlin Pilot, an AI-enabled autonomy system for aircraft.

What you will do

• Develop test plans, procedures, cases, reports, and problem reports for Mission Autonomy Sub-System integration and verification.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, and test procedures.
• Assess and prepare test facilities for formal integration and verification activities.
• Support integration and verification of flight autonomy and flight control subsystems on aircraft platforms.
• Define subsystem features, functions, requirements, test methods, interfaces, and testing strategies.
• Collaborate with safety, hardware, software, customers, suppliers, and regulatory authorities on systems engineering artifacts and change impact analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Aerospace, Systems Engineering, or a related field; a master's degree is preferred.
• 6–9 years of experience conducting integration, verification, and systems engineering activities.
• Experience integrating and testing flight control systems with ML or autonomy aspects.
• Experience with requirements management tools and processes, including requirements validation and verification.
• Ability to troubleshoot integration and verification issues, identify root causes, and develop requirements for test facilities, architectures, and interfaces.

Nice to have

• Experience developing testing artifacts for FAA, EASA, or DOD certification programs.
• Hands-on avionics integration and verification experience using ARP4754A and RTCA DO-178B/C.
• Experience with automatic flight controls, flight management, display systems, software requirements, or software verification.
• Knowledge of FAA, EASA, or DOD regulations and standards, and familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering.
• Familiarity with Simulink, Cameo, IADS, or Jama.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on experimental R&D for safety-critical autonomous flight systems.
• Collaborate in a small, agile, cross-functional engineering team.
• Full-time employees receive top-tier benefits.
• Total compensation includes potential equity grants in addition to base salary.