Staff Engineer, Model Based Software
Merlin Labs4 days ago
Boston, MA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$200k - $265k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and develop flight-critical software with Simulink, Stateflow, and related MathWorks tools.
- Define software architecture, modeling standards, and development workflows aligned with DO-178C and DO-331.
- Create, maintain, and review software requirements, models, auto-generated code, architecture documentation, and certification artifacts.
- Maintain requirements traceability through requirements-based design, verification, and certification activities.
- Integrate model checks, code generation, static analysis, and automated verification into CI pipelines.
- Collaborate with systems, safety, hardware, flight controls, and flight test engineering groups.
- Support SOI audits, certification reviews, HIL and PIL testing, flight testing, automated test execution, and flight test data analysis.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience developing embedded or safety-critical software.
- Extensive 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 requirements-management experience using tools such as DOORS, Jama, or Polarion.
- Working knowledge and hands-on experience with DO-178C and DO-331.
- Experience with CI/CD environments and automated model and code quality checks.
- Experience developing embedded flight software in C/C++, integrating auto-generated code with manual code, and performing HIL testing.
- Experience with MATLAB scripting, tool automation, test automation, integration troubleshooting, and flight test data analysis.
Benefits
- On-site position at Merlin headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Catered lunches, snacks, and beverages including coffee and tea.
- Health, dental, and life insurance benefits.
- Unlimited vacation and a 401(k) with company match.
- Professional development support and an innovative, entrepreneurial, team-focused work environment.
About Merlin Labs
Merlin Labs builds an aircraft-agnostic autonomy system—Merlin Pilot—that acts as a non-human pilot from takeoff to touchdown for civil and defense operators. The company sells AI-powered flight software and integration services, validated through hundreds of autonomous test flights across multiple aircraft. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Boston, it is listed on NASDAQ (MRLN) and has secured $100M+ in awarded contracts from military customers.