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Merlin · 1 day ago

Simulation Software Engineer

positionBoston
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityMid Level

Merlin Labs is a venture-backed aerospace startup focused on building a non-human pilot for aviation. They are seeking a Simulation Software Engineer to develop simulation environments and collaborate with various teams to enhance their simulation suite.

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Responsibilities

You’ll develop the simulation environment and also adapt it to power systems benches, desktop testing environments, piloted simulators, and cloud environments
You'll collaborate with teammates on improving graphics and terrain pipelines to harmonize our sensor and visual models
You'll work across the engineering organization to integrate models and hardware with our greater simulation suite
You set standards, conduct code reviews and ensure appropriate levels of testing and continuous integration for projects within your purview

Qualification

C++ 11+Simulation experienceContinuous integrationPythonJavaScript/TypeScriptRobotics experienceGraphics engine experienceCode reviewsPerformance engineeringFront-end developmentSimulink experience

Required

You have a high level of competence in modern software engineering practices
You are comfortable engineering software in C++ 11+ and are familiar with either Python or JavaScript/TypeScript
You set standards, conduct code reviews and ensure appropriate levels of testing and continuous integration for projects within your purview

Preferred

Aviation background (e.g. a pilot's license or in previous employment)
Robotics or simulation experience, especially in a robotics machine learning context
Performance engineering or distributed systems experience
Experience with React and front-end development
Simulink experience, especially integrating Simulink with other C++ applications
Experience configuring continuous integration
Graphics engine experience, especially Unreal via the C++ API or in managing Unreal as a render farm

Benefits

Health
Dental
Life
Unlimited vacation
401k with match

Company

Merlin

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Merlin is the leading U.S.-based developer of cost-effective, takeoff-to-touchdown autonomy for both legacy and next-generation airborne systems.
dateFounded in 2018
location
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
https://www.merlinlabs.com

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$133.5M
Key Investors
Baillie Gifford,Snowpoint VenturesFirst Round Capital
2025-08-14Acquired
2022-07-13Series B· $105M
2021-05-26Series A· $25M

Leadership Team

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Matthew George
CEO
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Ryan Carrithers
Chief Financial Officer
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