Merlin
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This position is based on-site at Merlin HQ in Boston, MA. We offer flexible hybrid in-office schedules. Merlin provides relocation assistance to help make your transition seamless, including guidance on housing and moving expenses.
On-site benefits include catered lunches, snacks, beverages and a comfortable workspace designed to support productivity and well-being.
Merlin Labs offers an innovative, entrepreneurial, and team-focused startup environment with a comprehensive benefits package (health, dental, life, unlimited vacation, and 401k with match) and opportunities for professional development as part of a small, mission-driven team.
About Merlin:
Merlin is a venture-backed aerospace startup building a non-human pilot to enable both reduced crew and uncrewed flight. We are scaling with customers to leverage autonomy today to address aviation challenges.
About you You are an experienced flight controls engineer who wants to contribute to airplanes that fly themselves. You are familiar with fixed-wing aircraft and the classical and modern methods used to control them automatically. You know how to use industry-standard tools for this work and are excited to apply them to a new and novel application.
Responsibilities
Design and implement flight controls for our aircraft autonomy system
Write requirements for high-level automation functions and low-level flight control
Help create and use simulation tools for development and testing, including Simulink control law modeling, analysis using MATLAB and Python
Participate in flight testing to verify control law performance on multiple aircraft types
Write, test, and document Simulink control law models according to Merlin’s development standards, and participate in certification activities
Collaborate across Merlin to develop novel, certifiable systems to solve the toughest problems in aviation and autonomy
Qualifications
15+ years of experience developing control systems for fixed-wing aircraft, with demonstrated understanding of fixed-wing dynamics and classical and modern control design/analysis
Experience decomposing systems requirements into high-level requirements for outer-loop and inner-loop control design
Experience in Model-Based Development and certification of flight control systems, proficient in MATLAB/Simulink or another MBED toolset
Experience designing, implementing, and testing software for real-time systems
Experience developing certified software under RTCA DO-178
B.S. in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
Nice to Haves
MS/PhD in Aerospace Engineering and/or Controls
Experience developing aircraft simulations using system identification of flight test data
Experience analyzing certification guidance materials for impact on automatic control system design
Flight test experience writing test cards to validate control system performance and perform failure testing
Pilot's license
Proficiency in C/C++ or Python
Location and visibility This role is based at Merlin HQ in Boston, MA.
Recent job postings and salary ranges in the area are listed below for reference but are not part of the role itself:
Component Design Engineer – Aerospace (Indianapolis-Relocation Available) — Boston, MA
Manufacturing Engineer – Aerospace 3D Printing — Burlington, MA
Propulsion Engineer – Hypersonic Systems — Boston, MA
Principal, Systems/Mechanical Engineering — Cambridge, MA
Aerospace Systems Dynamics and Controls Engineer — Boston, MA
To apply: Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Merlin. Get notified about new Flight Control Engineer jobs in Boston, MA.
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This position is based on-site at Merlin HQ in Boston, MA. We offer flexible hybrid in-office schedules. Merlin provides relocation assistance to help make your transition seamless, including guidance on housing and moving expenses.
On-site benefits include catered lunches, snacks, beverages and a comfortable workspace designed to support productivity and well-being.
Merlin Labs offers an innovative, entrepreneurial, and team-focused startup environment with a comprehensive benefits package (health, dental, life, unlimited vacation, and 401k with match) and opportunities for professional development as part of a small, mission-driven team.
About Merlin:
Merlin is a venture-backed aerospace startup building a non-human pilot to enable both reduced crew and uncrewed flight. We are scaling with customers to leverage autonomy today to address aviation challenges.
About you You are an experienced flight controls engineer who wants to contribute to airplanes that fly themselves. You are familiar with fixed-wing aircraft and the classical and modern methods used to control them automatically. You know how to use industry-standard tools for this work and are excited to apply them to a new and novel application.
Responsibilities
Design and implement flight controls for our aircraft autonomy system
Write requirements for high-level automation functions and low-level flight control
Help create and use simulation tools for development and testing, including Simulink control law modeling, analysis using MATLAB and Python
Participate in flight testing to verify control law performance on multiple aircraft types
Write, test, and document Simulink control law models according to Merlin’s development standards, and participate in certification activities
Collaborate across Merlin to develop novel, certifiable systems to solve the toughest problems in aviation and autonomy
Qualifications
15+ years of experience developing control systems for fixed-wing aircraft, with demonstrated understanding of fixed-wing dynamics and classical and modern control design/analysis
Experience decomposing systems requirements into high-level requirements for outer-loop and inner-loop control design
Experience in Model-Based Development and certification of flight control systems, proficient in MATLAB/Simulink or another MBED toolset
Experience designing, implementing, and testing software for real-time systems
Experience developing certified software under RTCA DO-178
B.S. in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
Nice to Haves
MS/PhD in Aerospace Engineering and/or Controls
Experience developing aircraft simulations using system identification of flight test data
Experience analyzing certification guidance materials for impact on automatic control system design
Flight test experience writing test cards to validate control system performance and perform failure testing
Pilot's license
Proficiency in C/C++ or Python
Location and visibility This role is based at Merlin HQ in Boston, MA.
Recent job postings and salary ranges in the area are listed below for reference but are not part of the role itself:
Component Design Engineer – Aerospace (Indianapolis-Relocation Available) — Boston, MA
Manufacturing Engineer – Aerospace 3D Printing — Burlington, MA
Propulsion Engineer – Hypersonic Systems — Boston, MA
Principal, Systems/Mechanical Engineering — Cambridge, MA
Aerospace Systems Dynamics and Controls Engineer — Boston, MA
To apply: Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Merlin. Get notified about new Flight Control Engineer jobs in Boston, MA.
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