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About the Role

Nominal is seeking students graduating in Summer 2027 or sooner for a full-time Mission Dev role. This position involves working directly with engineers on complex hardware systems, understanding customer workflows, and building software to improve their testing and analysis processes. The role combines hands-on software engineering with product judgment, focusing on identifying problems, developing solutions, and iterating based on user feedback.

Responsibilities

Work directly with customer engineers to understand their testing and analysis workflows and identify problems solvable with software.
Design and build integrations, data pipelines, and applications to connect Nominal to customer systems and handle high-frequency, high-volume hardware data.
Own projects from problem identification through building, deploying, and supporting the solution, with mentorship.
Ship working software to users early, gather feedback, and iterate quickly.
Communicate learnings back to product and engineering teams to develop broader capabilities.

Requirements

Graduating in Summer 2027 or sooner and interested in a full-time position.
Strong core engineering skills and hands-on software development experience (internships, personal projects, or academic work).
Desire to work directly with users and understand the impact of built software.
Ability to tackle open-ended problems, learn new systems, and implement solutions.
Personal passion for solving challenging problems and contributing to critical infrastructure.
Ambitious, resourceful, and perseverant.
Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or eligible for required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Skills

Software Engineering
Integration Development
Data Pipelines
Application Development
Customer Interaction
Problem Solving
Iterative Development

Location

Remote
Onsite

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Internship
Entry Level

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree

Benefits

100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance
Unlimited PTO and sick leave
Free lunch, snacks, and coffee
Professional Development Stipend
401k Plan
In-office hardware lab with a $250 project stipend
Annual company retreat

About the Company

Nominal is building the connected test and operations platform for advanced hardware systems, including spacecraft, autonomous vehicles, and defense programs.
The platform enables hardware engineering teams to ingest data, analyze performance, automate test execution, and collaborate throughout development.
The team is fast-moving, owns problems end-to-end, works across disciplines, and operates at the intersection of hardware and software.
Nominal serves top-tier commercial and defense customers such as Anduril, Shield AI, Hermeus, REGENT, Pratt Miller Motorsports, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force.
The company is backed by investors including Sequoia, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Lightspeed.
The team comprises individuals from leading companies like SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, and Applied Intuition.
The company's mission is to provide hardware engineers with tools to build the future with speed, safety, and confidence.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.