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About the Role
Nominal is seeking students on track to graduate by Summer 2028 or sooner for a 12-week Summer 2027 internship. As an Instrumentation intern, you will integrate Nominal solutions with physical test hardware, write code to interface with hardware in the field, and see your work implemented in customer test campaigns.
Responsibilities
- Write reliable and performant Python and/or Rust-based software to interface with customer hardware using PyVISA, broad-base industrial protocols, and proprietary vendor SDKs.
- Automate data collection and control processes across hardware test environments.
- Contribute new drivers and instruments to our open-source instrumentation library.
- Work with engineers on-site to set up test environments and troubleshoot hardware-software integrations.
- Complete a scoped hardware ↔ software integration project from start to finish with mentorship.
Requirements
- On track to graduate by Summer 2028 and open to a full-time role afterward.
- Hands-on experience with data acquisition systems, test instruments, embedded hardware, or industrial controllers.
- Strong Python and/or Rust fundamentals.
- Comfortable reading hardware manuals and communication protocol specifications.
- Prior experience contributing to open source or building hardware abstraction layers.
- Strong interest in developing software that controls high-impact electro-mechanical systems.
- Ambitious, resourceful, resilient, and persistent.
Skills
- Python
- Rust
- PyVISA
- Industrial protocols
- NI-DAQmx
- LabJack
- Dewesoft
- Hardware-software integration
- Open-source contribution
- Hardware abstraction layers
Location
- On-site
Work Type
- Internship
- Full-time (post-internship)
Experience Level
- Internship
Education Level
- On track to graduate by Summer 2028
Benefits
- Mentorship from world-class team
- Trips to co-locate with the team
- Free lunch, dinner, snacks, and drinks
- Beginning-of-internship swag bag
- End-of-internship intern gift
- In-office hardware lab access
- $250 project stipend
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 across development phases.
- The company 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.
- Nominal 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.
- ITAR Requirements: Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or eligible to obtain necessary U.S. Department of State authorizations.