Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

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

We are seeking a Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer to design and operate the compute and virtualization backbone that supports HIL, AIR, and SIL environments.

This role owns the implementation and operational stability of the simulation execution substrate including hypervisors, virtual machines, containerization, CI pipelines, and artifact management.

Responsibilities

1. Simulation Compute Architecture

• Design and manage high-performance compute infrastructure (e.g., Proxmox or equivalent hypervisor environments)

• Define VM topology standards for virtual test environments

• Implement reproducible image and deployment strategies

2. CI/CD & Automation

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for simulation artifacts

• Ensure deterministic and traceable builds for runtime models and routing software

• Automate deployment into SIL and HIL environments

3. Configuration & Version Discipline

• Implement artifact versioning and compatibility tracking

• Maintain structured configuration management across aircraft variants

• Partner with Simulation Platform engineers to enforce schema and interface validation

4. Reliability & Observability

• Implement logging, monitoring, and system health visibility for simulation environments

• Improve toolchain reliability and reduce infrastructure-related breakage

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering

• Experience designing virtualization or container-based execution environments

• Strong proficiency in Linux systems, Python, and/or C++

• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines in engineering-heavy environments

• Experience working with distributed or multi-component systems

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting simulation or autonomy validation environments

• Familiarity with HIL/SIL environments

• Experience in safety-critical or regulated industries

This position is based on-site at Merlin HQ in Boston, MA.

Once you’re here, you’ll enjoy a variety of on-site perks designed to make your workday enjoyable and convenient. These include catered lunches featuring a rotating menu of delicious options, an assortment of snacks to keep you fueled throughout the day, and a selection of beverages, including coffee, tea, and other drinks, to keep you refreshed.

Our goal is to create an environment where you can thrive both professionally and personally

Merlin Labs offers an innovative, entrepreneurial, and team-focused startup environment. We also offer a top-notch benefits package (health, dental, life, unlimited vacation, and 401k with match) and work/life integration. Being part of the Merlin team allows you to become part of a small team that supports professional development while working together to achieve our mission.

Merlin Labs is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military service or obligation or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. All job offers are contingent upon the candidate passing background and reference checks.

At this time, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or consider candidates who require visa transfers. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to: [email protected]

Merlin Labs does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from candidates.