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System Integration & Labs Manager
Merlin LabsAutonomous Flight company
Boston, United StatesManager
GV
First Round Capital
Baillie Gifford
Snowpoint Ventures
Inflection Point Acquisition IV
Inflection Point Asset Management
About the role
TL;DR
Lead the design and operation of HIL, AIR, and SIL environments for flight controls development.
- •Lead the design, build, and operation of HIL, AIR and SIL environments that support flight controls development, autonomy validation, and multi-aircraft integration.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead the design, build, and lifecycle management of HIL, AIR, and SIL environments Establish configuration control standards for hardware, networking, and physical integration Ensure lab infrastructure scales cleanly across multiple aircraft platforms Implement structured integration processes Define and enforce bench configuration versioning and compatibility practices Manage and grow a team of integration engineers Set technical standards for hardware integration, signal integrity, and deployment Provide escalation support during integration and validation events Collaborate with Flight Dynamics and Simulation Platform teams Requirements 8+ years of experience in systems integration, HIL/SIL environments, or complex hardware/software integration Experience leading integration efforts across evolving system configurations Experience managing technical teams in a multidisciplinary engineering environment Demonstrated ability to bring structure and discipline to evolving integration workflows
Required skills
Engineering Management
Domain expertise
aerospace