Technical Program Manager
Technical Program Manager
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01-08-2025
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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 worlds leading investors Merlin is scaling alongside our customers to begin leveraging autonomy today to solve some of aviations biggest challenges.
About You:
You are a mission-driven builder who thrives at the intersection of technology execution and impact. As a Technical Program Manager at Merlin Labs youll play a central role in bringing our autonomy technology to lifedelivering the Merlin Pilot into operational service on military aircraft and driving execution across some of the most ambitious programs in aerospace.
Embedded within our fast-moving autonomy and flight systems teams youll work side-by-side with engineers business stakeholders and customer teams to ensure technical momentum and cross-functional alignment. You bring technical fluency structured thinking and the ability to bring clarity to complexity. Youre energized by hard problems unafraid of ambiguity and relentless about delivering results.
This role sits at the heart of Merlins mission and next stage of growth. Youll support a dynamic portfolio that spans internally funded R&D and customer programs. Above all you believe in the mission: to accelerate autonomy support the warfighter and redefine whats possible in aviation.
Were building the future of flightand youll help us make it real one milestone at a time.
Responsibilities:
- Own delivery of complex cross-functional aerospace and defense programsspanning autonomy development flight test integration and certification.
- Drive technical execution rhythms across engineering systems integration certification flight test and business stakeholders.
- Serve as the central point of coordination for internal teams subcontractors and government customersensuring alignment transparency and trust.
- Define and maintain detailed program plans including scope milestones dependencies and risk mitigation strategies.
- Identify blockers early and drive resolution through structured problem-solving and escalation.
- Shape and manage program scopes and deliverables in alignment with contractual technical and business objectives.
- Support capture and proposal efforts by developing cost estimates technical inputs and schedules.
- Lead stakeholder communicationsfrom internal reviews to formal customer engagements and milestone briefings.
- Build scalable processes and tools that improve execution velocity and visibility across projects.
- Travel up to 25% to support key integration events flight test campaigns and customer engagements.
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science or related technical field.
- 5 years of experience managing complex technical programsideally within aerospace defense or autonomy.
- Demonstrated success delivering integrated hardware-software systems under high accountability.
- Technical fluencyyou can engage deeply with engineers and recognize risks and tradeoffs.
- Expert-level project management skillstools methods and the ability to bring order to chaos.
- Strong communicatorable to engage diverse technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proven ability to work within dynamic environments and adapt to evolving priorities.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance.
Nice to Haves:
- Active U.S. Security Clearance.
- Experience leading defense programs with DoD and/or FAA certification elements.
- Background in autonomous systems flight control or avionics integration.
- Familiarity with U.S. DoD airworthiness flight test planning and acquisition processes.
This position is based on-site at Merlin HQ in Boston MA. We offer flexible hybrid in office schedules.
We understand that relocating for a new role is a significant decision and were here to support you every step of the way. Thats why we offer comprehensive relocation assistance to help make your transition as seamless as possible. From covering moving expenses to providing guidance on finding housing we aim to ensure your relocation experience is stress-free.
Additionally once youre here youll 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 sex gender gender expression sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability
status. 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.
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
Merlin Labs does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from candidates.
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