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Staff System Safety Engineer

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About Merlin: Merlin is a venture backed aerospace startup building a non-human pilot to enable both reduced crew and uncrewed flight. Backed by some of the world’s leading investors,

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About Merlin:
Merlin is a venture backed aerospace startup building a non-human pilot to enable both reduced crew and uncrewed flight. Backed by some of the world’s leading investors, Merlin is scaling alongside our customers to begin leveraging autonomy today to solve some of aviation’s biggest challenges.

About You:
Do you want to work on the forefront of aviation with a company that puts safety and certification first? Are you an experienced system safety engineer looking for something that you can’t find in big aerospace? Do you want to work in a startup that has a certification-based approach? Do you dream about having a big impact on the future of safe aviation systems? If so, you might be a good fit for the System Safety Engineer role here at Merlin.

  • The System Safety Engineer is responsible for developing and coordinating multiple activities of the system safety process for multiple Merlin products.
  • Employs safety analysis techniques (in alignment with SAE ARP4761 and MIL-STD-882) on the engineering products. 
  • Works with peers to analyze safety-critical systems, hardware, and software to support development safety and compliance demonstration
  • Flows down safety requirements to the development teams and peers, and ensures they are appropriately captured and implemented in the design.
  • Prepares and delivers analyses and assessments, and participates in safety review meetings, system design meetings, and change board meetings.
  • Works in a team environment by providing inputs to engineers, performing analyses, and writing reports.
  • Bachelor's Degree in a Technical field preferred, or equivalent Systems Safety experience
  • 8+ years of experience utilizing system safety techniques for safety critical systems, such as avionics/autoflight systems. 
  • Experience with safety assessments and analysis for Part 23 or Part 25 STCs or TCs involving high-criticality aerospace systems that utilized software and airborne electronic hardware (including CEH devices), such as powered Flight Controls, Flight Management System, and Display Systems.
  • Previous experience working with SAE ARP4761
  • Experience interfacing directly with civil certification authorities and/or military certification authorities (FAA-DER or ODA UM) is a significant advantage.
  • Previous experience working with SAE ARP 4754A, RTCA/DO-178B/C, RTCA/DO-254, MIL-STD-882
  • Practical experience in electrical, mechanical, or aerospace engineering preferred
  • Experience working with automatic flight controls is a plus
  • Experience with software development
  • Experience with MBSE/MBSA
  • Strong interpersonal and technical writing skills
  • Ability to work in a self-directed manner
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    March 5, 2026
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