- Direct experience with UEI PowerDNA/PDNA SDKs or comparable data acquisition and avionics interface platforms from vendors such as NI or Ballard.
- Experience with async Rust using Tokio, channels, serde, and axum.
- Familiarity with ARINC 429 labels, SDI/SSM fields, CAN messaging, MIL-STD-1553, and RS-232/RS-422 serial communications.
- Experience with IRIG time, NTP, clock alignment, and timestamp-ordered merging of asynchronous data sources.
- Experience with Curtiss-Wright IADS or similar flight-test telemetry, ground-station, or engineering data-display systems.
- Experience with Yocto SDKs, ARM targets, Debian packaging, systemd services, and Linux device-driver development or troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with flight dynamics and integrating generated six-degree-of-freedom aircraft models into real-time execution environments.
- Experience with GoogleTest, pytest, parser fuzzing, and CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions, including self-hosted runners.
- Experience with Docker-based deployment on lab or edge systems, S3 data storage, and automated simulation replay workflows.
- Experience with REST APIs, JSON schema validation, Cap’n Proto, SQL, or diagnostic interfaces using GL Studio, React, or HTML5.
- Aviation experience through professional work, flight simulation, or a pilot’s license.
This position is based on-site at Merlin HQ in Boston, MA.
Once you’re here, you’ll enjoy a variety of on-site perks designed to make your workday enjoyable and convenient. These include catered lunches featuring a rotating menu of delicious options, an assortment of snacks to keep you fueled throughout the day, and a selection of beverages, including coffee, tea, and other drinks, to keep you refreshed.
Our goal is to create an environment where you can thrive both professionally and personally.
Merlin Labs offers an innovative, entrepreneurial, and team-focused startup environment. We also offer a top-notch benefits package (health, dental, life, flexible paid time off, and 401k with match) and work/life integration. Being part of the Merlin team allows you to become part of a small team that supports professional development while working together to achieve our mission.
At this time, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or consider candidates who require visa transfers. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
Merlin Labs does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from candidates.