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[/company/merlin](/company/merlin)[Merlin](/company/merlin)
# Staff Simulation Platform Engineer at Merlin

Department: Engineering

Compensation

$180,000 – $240,000/yr

**Setup**
: Hybrid

**Location**
: Boston, Massachusetts

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: staff+

**Posted**
: May 6, 2026

## Description

Merlin is hiring a Staff Simulation Platform Engineer to design and build scalable simulation infrastructure supporting aircraft modeling, autonomy development, and hardware-in-the-loop validation across multiple aircraft platforms. The role focuses on simulation topology, routing and interface stability, scenario-based validation, CI/CD, reproducibility, and technical leadership, reporting to the Virtual Test Environments Lead. It requires 7+ years of simulation or autonomy validation experience, distributed-systems architecture, interface-contract design, real-time or HIL integration, and Python or C++ proficiency. The position is based on-site at Merlin HQ in Boston, Massachusetts, and does not offer visa sponsorship.

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