Senior NLP Software Engineer

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:
We are looking for an innovative software engineer specializing in natural language processing to create natural language understanding and generation systems geared toward aviation domains. Someone who enjoys researching and implementing state of the art NLP systems and finding ways to make them excel at unique use cases within aviation. Someone ready to work at the intersection of research and product development and has a strong track record for delivering and maintaining high quality software.

Responsibilities::
• Design and implement NLU and NLG systems for aviation applications such as air traffic control communication.
• Develop and optimize algorithms and models to improve current NLU and NLG systems.
• Research and stay up to date with the latest advancements in NLP technology.
• Work with the larger NLP team to integrate NLU/NLG systems with the rest of the pipeline.
• Work with project teams to understand requirements and conops for the systems under development.
• Generally contribute to the natural language processing team by following our software and model development process and writing software to integrate work into the larger system.
• Learning the aviation domain in which the NLP systems will function.

Requirements::
• BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Natural Language Processing, or a related subject. MS or PhD. preferred.
• 5+ years experience in designing and developing NLU or NLG systems for research or commercial products.
• Experience scaling systems to make them high performing given larger scope
• Fluency in python and either PyTorch or Tensorflow. Experience with Huggingface.
• Experience with linux, open source development tools, software development process and version control tools such as git and weights and biases.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment and communicate technical concepts clearly.

Nice to Haves::
• Experience deploying models in production environments.
• Knowledge in the aviation space.

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.

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