Senior Airworthiness & Certification Engineer

RemoteFull-time165,000 – 220,000 USD /yrDeadline: Oct 20, 2026collected Oct 19, 2026

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Merlinlabs is seeking a Senior Airworthiness & Certification Engineer to work remotely in a full-time capacity. In this role, you will be responsible for leading certification activities and compliance efforts for specific technical areas, directly interfacing with both military and civil regulatory authorities. Your day-to-day tasks will involve resolving complex compliance challenges, managing certification documentation, and mentoring junior engineers within the Airworthiness & Certification and Engineering teams. The position requires a hands-on approach and effective communication skills to engage with regulatory bodies on technical matters. Candidates should have significant experience in airworthiness and certification processes, particularly within military and civil domains. The role is ideal for those who seek ownership of impactful technical certification work and wish to expand their expertise across various aviation sectors. Merlinlabs is focused on developing autonomous aviation systems, making this position crucial for advancing their innovative projects in both commercial and defense aviation.

Merlin (NASDAQ: MRLN) is a publicly traded aerospace and defense company building a non-human pilot to deliver full-stack autonomy for any aircraft from takeoff to touchdown. The Merlin Pilot autonomy system powers a growing range of aircraft and mission profiles and has been proven through hundreds of autonomous flights from Merlin's global flight test facilities, including Kerikeri, New Zealand; Smithfield, Rhode Island; and soon, Bedford, Massachusetts. Headquartered in Boston, Merlin is expanding its organization to accelerate the development and deployment of its autonomy platform, helping customers solve some of aviation's most pressing challenges, from pilot shortages to improving flight safety. Backed by some of the world's leading investors prior to its public listing, Merlin continues to advance the certification and commercialization of autonomous flight across commercial and defense aviation. About You: You are a hands-on airworthiness & certification engineer who owns certification work directly. You lead compliance activities for defined certification workstreams, resolve complex compliance challenges, interface confidently with regulatory authorities (military and civil), and mentor engineers. You communicate effectively with regulatory authorities on assigned technical topics. Merlin builds autonomous aviation systems for civil and defense customers. The Airworthiness & Certification organization needs an experienced certification engineer who can lead complex technical areas through the military airworthiness and civil certification process. You will lead certification documentation and compliance activities for a defined technical area, interface directly with regulatory authorities, and mentor junior and mid-level certification engineers within the Airworthiness & Certification and Engineering organizations. If you want ownership over meaningful technical certification work with room to broaden across both military and civil domains, this is the role for you.

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