UI/UX Designer

Merlin Labs•Boston, MA

49d•Onsite

About The Position

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. 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 team's technical direction in close collaboration with the technical leads and engineering manager.

Requirements

Bachelor's 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

Master's 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.

Responsibilities

Drive the design of usable, intuitive user interfaces that enable pilots to interact with Merlin's autonomous flight technologies.
Conduct user research with Merlin's pilots and potential end-users of Merlin's 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