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Staff Software Engineer, AI Foundation Model at Merlin Labs - ApplyBlast

Staff Software Engineer, AI Foundation Model

Merlin Labs

4 months ago

Boston, United States

Onsite

Full Time

Senior

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About this role

Merlin seeks a Senior AI Engineer to lead the development of production-grade machine learning systems for autonomous aviation. The role involves architecting distributed training infrastructure, designing robust data pipelines, and establishing safety benchmarks for foundation models used in uncrewed flight applications. As a key technical leader, you will mentor staff, define system standards, and collaborate closely with simulation and flight software teams to deploy safe, reliable AI solutions.

Responsibilities

Architect and maintain core AI model training and inference infrastructure
Design robust data pipelines for heterogeneous flight sensor data
Define and enforce safety benchmarks for model evaluation
Mentor junior engineers and guide technical design decisions
Lead scoping and deployment of autonomous aircraft AI projects

Skills

Qualifications

BS in Computer Science or related field8+ years of software engineering experienceExpertise in Transformer architectures

About Merlin Labs

merlinlabs.com

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Company Size

51-200 employees

Founded

2019

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Merlin Labs develops autonomous aviation software for aerospace and defense applications. Their flagship product, the Merlin Pilot, is an aircraft-agnostic autonomy platform designed to adapt to any aircraft, with a current focus on military tactical transport — including a $105M contract with U.S. Special Operations Command to bring autonomy to the C-130J fleet. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA, and aims to extend the capabilities of existing fleets, improve operational safety, and unlock next-generation autonomous missions for American aerospace.