Compute Platform Lead

Boston, NH - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 days ago

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 senior platform engineer who understands that autonomous flight demands uncompromising reliability real-time performance and scalable infrastructure.

You have built and owned compute platforms that power complex mission-critical systems spanning cloud ML training high-fidelity simulation and edge or embedded environments. You think holistically about architecture balancing determinism latency scalability safety and cost.

You are not looking to maintain infrastructure you want to define it. You operate as a technical authority partnering closely with autonomy perception controls and flight software leaders to ensure the compute foundation enables rapid development and safe scalable deployment.

You thrive in environments where the platform you design directly impacts real-world performance. You are comfortable setting long-term technical direction while remaining hands-on in the most complex systems challenges.

Responsibilities:

End-to-end compute architecture spanning cloud ML training simulation clusters data pipelines and edge/onboard systems.
Infrastructure that supports large-scale distributed training high-fidelity simulation (SIL/HIL) and autonomy validation workflows.
GPU/accelerator orchestration workload scheduling and performance optimization for compute-intensive autonomy systems.
Design decisions that balance determinism latency safety scalability and cost.
Platform reliability standards for systems that ultimately support flight-critical software.
Long-term roadmap for scaling compute infrastructure as fleet size simulation fidelity and ML workloads grow.
Technical mentorship and bar-raising across platform and infrastructure engineering.

Requirements:

10 years of experience building large-scale distributed or high-performance compute systems.
Proven ownership of production infrastructure supporting autonomous systems robotics aerospace or ML-heavy platforms.
Deep expertise in distributed systems design networking and systems performance optimization.
Experience architecting infrastructure for GPU-based training simulation or real-time compute workloads.
Strong programming background in C Go or Python with comfort operating close to systems layers.
Experience bridging cloud infrastructure and edge/embedded compute environments.
Track record of leading complex cross-functional technical initiatives.
Ability to operate with autonomy in a fast-scaling high-ambiguity startup environment.

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 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: 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...