Staff System Safety Engineer

1 hour, 50 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Quality Assurance and Testing
Merlin Labs

Merlin Labs

Merlin Labs is an aviation technology firm focused on developing fully autonomous flight systems by combining advanced automation with human piloting to ensure safe and reliable air travel as global demand increases.

Aerospace & Defense
51-250
Founded 2018
$134M raised

Description

  • Develop and coordinate system safety activities across multiple Merlin products.
  • Apply safety analysis techniques aligned with SAE ARP4761 and MIL-STD-882 to engineering products.
  • Analyze safety-critical systems, hardware, and software to support development safety and compliance demonstrations.
  • Flow safety requirements to development teams and peers and ensure they are captured and implemented in designs.
  • Prepare and deliver analyses, assessments, and reports.
  • Participate in safety review meetings, system design meetings, and change board meetings.
  • Provide technical inputs to engineers in a collaborative team environment.
  • Support safety and compliance work for high-criticality aerospace systems.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field preferred, or equivalent systems safety experience.
  • 8+ years of experience using system safety techniques for safety-critical systems, such as avionics or autoflight systems.
  • Experience with safety assessments and analyses for Part 23 or Part 25 STCs or TCs involving high-criticality aerospace systems.
  • Experience with software and airborne electronic hardware, including CEH devices.
  • Experience with powered flight controls, flight management systems, or display systems.
  • Previous experience working with SAE ARP4761.
  • Experience interfacing directly with civil and/or military certification authorities is a significant advantage.
  • Previous experience with SAE ARP 4754A, RTCA/DO-178B/C, RTCA/DO-254, or MIL-STD-882 is preferred.
  • Practical experience in electrical, mechanical, or aerospace engineering is preferred.
  • Experience with automatic flight controls, software development, or MBSE/MBSA is a plus.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and life insurance.
  • Unlimited vacation.
  • 401(k) with match.
  • Work/life integration.
  • Startup environment with professional development support.
  • Opportunity to work on a mission-driven team building autonomy for aviation.

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