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Electrical Engineer
Merlin Labs · Boston, United States
About The Role
Join our team as an Electrical Engineer, where you will design, develop, and integrate electrical systems for autonomous aircraft platforms. You will create schematics, wiring diagrams, and electrical documentation, support electrical architecture development, and collaborate with various engineering teams. You will also perform electrical analysis, troubleshooting, and root cause investigations, and support prototype assembly and testing. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced startup environment and contribute to the development of next-generation autonomous aerospace systems.
- Design, develop, and integrate electrical systems and hardware for autonomous aircraft platforms.
- Create schematics, wiring diagrams, and electrical documentation to support prototype and production hardware builds.
- Collaborate closely with mechanical, avionics, software, systems engineering, manufacturing, and flight test teams to ensure seamless integration across aircraft systems.
- 1-3 years of professional electrical engineering experience in aerospace, autonomous systems, robotics, automotive, defense, or other high-performance hardware industries
- You are a motivated and detail-oriented electrical engineer who is excited to help develop next-generation autonomous aerospace systems
- You thrive in fast-paced startup environments where collaboration, ownership, and technical excellence are critical to success
- You bring experience designing and integrating complex electrical systems for aerospace, robotics, autonomous systems, or other high-performance hardware applications
- You enjoy solving challenging technical problems and working across multidisciplinary teams to bring advanced hardware from concept through flight testing and production
- You are comfortable balancing rapid development timelines with the rigor required for mission-critical systems and regulated environments
- You are hands-on, adaptable, and passionate about building reliable, scalable electrical architectures that enable autonomous flight
- Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, lab debugging, electrical testing, and troubleshooting
- Familiarity with FAA certification environments, aerospace standards, or regulated development processes is a plus
- Experience designing and integrating electrical systems for complex electromechanical platforms
- Familiarity with oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, and other electrical lab equipment
- Hands-on mechanical prototyping a plus (3d printing, laser cutting, etc.)
- Knowledge of power systems, signal integrity, embedded hardware, sensors, communications interfaces, and avionics integration principles
- Understanding of EMC/EMI considerations, grounding strategies, and reliability-focused design practices
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related engineering discipline
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Experience creating wiring diagrams, wiring harness documentation, and electrical integration drawings
- Experience supporting autonomous aircraft, UAVs, eVTOL platforms, robotics systems, or flight hardware development is highly preferred
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