Direct Hire
Aircraft Coordinator
Merlin Labs · North Kingstown, RI
- Metro
- North Kingstown, RI
- Craft
- eVTOL
- Job Type
- Flight Operations
About the role
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 world’s leading investors, Merlin is scaling alongside our customers to begin leveraging autonomy today to solve some of aviation’s biggest challenges.
About You:
You will be the primary interface between your assigned test article and those wanting access to it. You must be able to regularly coordinate competing demands for access while accommodating maintenance or modification capability, weather, and crewing. You should have at least basic knowledge of aircraft technical work and primarily enforce correct execution of company processes including inspections, quality assurance, and the appropriate airworthiness certificates.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure all work performed on the flight test article is authorized through the company work order process
- Control and document the test article configuration through installation and modification.
- Coordinate and schedule all aircraft work to maximize overall company efficiency towards executing tests.
- Maintain an openly available aircraft schedule via smartsheet or MS Project to track maintenance activity and mods.
Using the company’s aircraft modification sheet, act as or interact with stakeholders to manage: - Component tracking
- Hourly and calendar tracking
- Weight and balance tracking
- Squawks impacting flight readiness
- Preflight briefing contributions
- Flight test instrumentation requests
- Modification requests - test or prototype
- Routine maintenance
- Engineering orders
- Requests for conformity
- Functional test procedures
Qualifications:
- Experience as a flight test engineer, A&P mechanic, or aircraft inspector.
- Excellent organizational skills for the ever-changing needs of flight test aircraft.
- Basic understanding of civil certification requirements regarding conformity
- Basic database skills associated with tracking aircraft and component configurations
Nice to Haves:
- Ability to plan aircraft test team deployments.
- Experience executing the processes listed above.
This position is based on-site at Merlin HQ in Boston, MA.
Once you’re here, you’ll 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.