# Nick Merlene

> Staff Software Engineer at Wisk Aero

Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nickmerlene

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Wisk
Jan 2024 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Wisk
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024

### Senior Aerospace Engineer @ Emergent Space Technologies, Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Austin, Texas, United States
• Created a system-level testing framework for software-in-the-loop (SIL) and processor- in-the-loop (PIL) testing with Python, Flask, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and React
• Developed a containerized and distributed modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) framework using Python and C++, based on NASA’s Trick
• Simulated spacecraft clusters and constellations with embedded, real-time flight software applications for semi-autonomous guidance, navigation, and control (GNC)
• Led DevOps community of practice (CoP) for development efficiency and consistency
• Set up CI/CD and container/package registries to build, test, and deploy software

### Aerospace Engineer @ Emergent Space Technologies, Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Austin, Texas, United States

### Engineering Scientist Associate @ Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Austin, Texas, United States
• Developed software to analyze GNSS observable / navigation data, and precise orbits
• Characterized GNSS receiver data quality using various algorithms, metrics, and test rigs
• Assessed GPS system performance and provided technical recommendations to sponsors

### Engineer, Technical Publications @ Textron Aviation
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Wichita, Kansas, United States
Authored technical publications for a proposed light attack and ISR jet

### Sustainment Engineer @ Textron Aviation
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Utilized CATIA for business jet design improvements

### Student Technician @ Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Austin, Texas, United States
• Developed MATLAB GUIs to model ocean acoustic environments
• Simulated sonar system performance using compute clusters and large datasets


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016

### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022

### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology

### Master of Science - MS in Conputer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nickmerlene

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Last updated: 2026-03-22