Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer

Merlin Labs

Job Location:

Boston, NH - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 10 hours 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:

We are seeking a Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer to design and operate the compute and virtualization backbone that supports HIL AIR and SIL environments.

This role owns the implementation and operational stability of the simulation execution substrate including hypervisors virtual machines containerization CI pipelines and artifact management.

Responsibilities:

1. Simulation Compute Architecture

Design and manage high-performance compute infrastructure (e.g. Proxmox or equivalent hypervisor environments)
Define VM topology standards for virtual test environments
Implement reproducible image and deployment strategies

2. CI/CD & Automation

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for simulation artifacts
Ensure deterministic and traceable builds for runtime models and routing software
Automate deployment into SIL and HIL environments

3. Configuration & Version Discipline

Implement artifact versioning and compatibility tracking
Maintain structured configuration management across aircraft variants
Partner with Simulation Platform engineers to enforce schema and interface validation

4. Reliability & Observability

Implement logging monitoring and system health visibility for simulation environments
Improve toolchain reliability and reduce infrastructure-related breakage

Required Qualifications:

7 years of experience in infrastructure engineering DevOps or platform engineering
Experience designing virtualization or container-based execution environments
Strong proficiency in Linux systems Python and/or C
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines in engineering-heavy environments
Experience working with distributed or multi-component systems

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience supporting simulation or autonomy validation environments
Familiarity with HIL/SIL environments
Experience in safety-critical or regulated industries

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.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

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...

About Merlin:

About you:

We are seeking a Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer to design and operate the compute and virtualization backbone that supports HIL AIR and SIL environments.

This role owns the implementation and operational stability of the simulation execution substrate including hypervisors virtual machines containerization CI pipelines and artifact management.

Responsibilities:

1. Simulation Compute Architecture

Design and manage high-performance compute infrastructure (e.g. Proxmox or equivalent hypervisor environments)
Define VM topology standards for virtual test environments
Implement reproducible image and deployment strategies

2. CI/CD & Automation

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for simulation artifacts
Ensure deterministic and traceable builds for runtime models and routing software
Automate deployment into SIL and HIL environments

3. Configuration & Version Discipline

Implement artifact versioning and compatibility tracking
Maintain structured configuration management across aircraft variants
Partner with Simulation Platform engineers to enforce schema and interface validation

4. Reliability & Observability

Implement logging monitoring and system health visibility for simulation environments
Improve toolchain reliability and reduce infrastructure-related breakage

Required Qualifications:

7 years of experience in infrastructure engineering DevOps or platform engineering
Experience designing virtualization or container-based execution environments
Strong proficiency in Linux systems Python and/or C
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines in engineering-heavy environments
Experience working with distributed or multi-component systems

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience supporting simulation or autonomy validation environments
Familiarity with HIL/SIL environments
Experience in safety-critical or regulated industries

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

Our goal is to create an environment where you can thrive both professionally and personally

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

Required Experience:

Senior IC

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Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer

Boston, NH - USA

Job Summary

About you:

Responsibilities:

1. Simulation Compute Architecture

2. CI/CD & Automation

3. Configuration & Version Discipline

4. Reliability & Observability

Required Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

About you:

Responsibilities:

1. Simulation Compute Architecture

2. CI/CD & Automation

3. Configuration & Version Discipline

4. Reliability & Observability

Required Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

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