Senior Software Engineer- Flight Autonomy

Merlin Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong experience in DO-178C flight software development and avionics integration. In this role, you will design and implement safety-critical autonomous flight software, integrate it with avionics hardware platforms, and contribute to certification-ready development processes.

Requirements

• Develop, integrate, and verify flight-critical software using C/C++ following DO-178C processes.
• Build application-level flight software and ensure robust integration with underlying avionics hardware interfaces
• Create, maintain and review software requirements, code and certification artifacts adhering to certification plans and standards
• Troubleshoot integration issues on test benches and aircraft
• Develop automated workflows for software integration and build processes.
• Collaborate with engineers from cross functional groups such as systems, safety, hardware, flight controls and test to ensure product and program level needs are met.
• Contribute to planning and execution of SOI audits and certification reviews.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for software requirements, architecture, build processes and design decisions
• Support hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), processor-in-the-loop (PIL), and flight testing activities.