UIUX Designer

Boston, NH - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 07-11-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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 skilled UI/UX designer with experience designing displays in aviation aerospace or another safety-critical industry. You have a passion for designing displays that support operators of safety-critical systems in which an increasing number of traditionally-manual tasks are being automated. You are comfortable with and competent at working with a team of senior and junior engineers can make and justify key decisions to the rest of the team and to stakeholders and want to drive a teams technical direction in close collaboration with the technical leads and engineering manager.

The Role

Drive the design of usable intuitive user interfaces that enable pilots to interact with Merlins autonomous flight technologies.
Conduct user research with Merlins pilots and potential end-users of Merlins systems to gather insights and validate design concepts.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including engineers pilots and software developers) to design and implement user interfaces for avionics and flight control systems.
Ensure interface designs meet aviation standards (e.g. ARINC 661 DO-178C FAA and EASA guidelines).
Integrate advanced design methodologies with tools such as GLStudio Qt Figma or other UI development platforms.
Explore emerging technologies (e.g. augmented reality AI and voice control) for

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in human factors interaction design industrial design computer science or a related field.
5 years of experience in UI/UX design preferable in aviation aerospace or other safety-critical industries.
Demonstrated track record developing usable and intuitive user interfaces that enhance user situational awareness reduce workload and mitigate errors.
Proficiency using prototyping tools (e.g. Figma Sketch Adobe XD).
Knowledge of human factors principles and usability testing processes.
Familiarity with aviation industry standards (e.g. ARINC 661 DO-178C FAA and EASA guidelines).Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to convey design concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to Haves

Masters or Doctorate degree in human factors interaction design industrial design computer science or a related field.
Experience using GLStudio. Qt or other real-time graphical user interface platforms to develop user interfaces.
Experience with avionics systems integration and software development.
Experience certifying pilot-vehicle interfaces on military and/or civil aircraft.
Experience with flight testing on crewed or uncrewed aircraft.
Familiarity with DoD and commercial open architectures such as A-GRA OMS FACE and IMA.

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

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 emailprotected

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

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 challe...