Teams at Merlin Labs

Lead airworthiness and certification activities for autonomous aviation systems across military and civil programs. Own certification strategies, compliance documentation, issue papers, review items, regulatory audits, conformity inspections, and test witnessing. Interface directly with authorities including the FAA, EASA, USAF, Army Aviation, and NAVAIR. Manage certification schedules, risks, TIAs, and designee programs while mentoring engineers and standardizing certification processes. The role requires hands-on experience with military airworthiness and civil certification from certification basis development through closure.

Build revenue and expense forecasting models, establish quote-to-cash and procure-to-pay workflows, implement financial controls, support planning systems, conduct variance analysis and reforecasting, and develop annual budgets. The role will initially build financial infrastructure and eventually assume full P&L ownership for an assigned product line.

Designs, integrates, analyzes, and tests avionics and control components for autonomous aircraft and test labs. Responsibilities include mechanical system integration, stress and model analysis, CAD and GD&T, fabrication drawings, test planning, data analysis, certification support, and technical documentation. The role requires hands-on engineering across rapid design cycles, mechanisms, environmental and structural analysis, and aircraft testing. It is onsite in Boston and requires 25–50% domestic and international travel.