Product Designer - New Grad (Summer 2027) at Nominal | Austin, TX, US | Rezi

Product Designer - New Grad (Summer 2027) at Nominal

Product Designer - New Grad (Summer 2027)

Nominal · Austin, TX, US

3 weeks ago

Product Designer - New Grad (Summer 2027)

Nominal · Austin, TX, US

24 days ago
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About the Role

Nominal is seeking designers graduating in 2027 or sooner for a full-time product design role. You will own design work for defined features and product improvements, collaborating closely with experienced designers, engineering, and product teams. Your work will support engineers testing and validating complex hardware systems, helping bring new capabilities to life and growing your judgment as a product designer.

Responsibilities

  • Turn complexity into clarity by translating high-frequency, high-volume hardware and data workflows into intuitive product experiences.
  • Design alongside real users by partnering with engineers and customers to understand workflows, identify pain points, and test solutions.
  • Partner with design, engineering, and product to research, prototype with AI, and contribute to product improvements and features.
  • Own the design of defined features from exploration through implementation, clarifying scope and making tradeoffs.
  • Collaborate with engineers to refine interactions and deliver usable experiences.
  • Evolve the design system by contributing reusable patterns and components.
  • Help shape design culture by sharing work early, giving constructive feedback, and using customer insights to inform product decisions.

Requirements

  • Graduating in 2027 or sooner and seeking a full-time product design role as a new graduate or early-career designer.
  • A portfolio demonstrating strong visual design fundamentals and product thinking through academic work, personal projects, internships, or professional experience.
  • Ability to translate a user problem into clear flows, detailed interface designs, and prototypes.
  • Ability to explain design decisions and refine them based on feedback, user needs, and technical constraints.
  • Initiative to clarify unfamiliar problems and collaborate with others to move work forward.

Skills

  • Visual design fundamentals
  • Product design
  • Prototyping
  • AI prototyping
  • Design system contribution
  • Collaboration
  • User research
  • Data visualization
  • Complex workflow design
  • Tools for technical users

Location

  • Remote
  • Hybrid
  • Onsite

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • New graduate
  • Early-career

Education Level

  • Graduating in 2027 or sooner

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 powering the world's most advanced hardware systems, from spacecraft and autonomous vehicles to next-generation defense programs.
  • Our platform gives hardware engineering teams a single place to ingest data, analyze performance, automate test execution, and collaborate across every phase of development.
  • We are a fast-moving team that owns problems end-to-end, works across disciplines, and thrives at the intersection of hardware and software.
  • We serve top-tier commercial and defense customers, including autonomy leaders, next-generation aerospace teams, and performance engineering teams, alongside mission partners within the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force.
  • We're backed by Sequoia, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Lightspeed.
  • Our team draws from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Applied Intuition, and other leading companies, united by a common mission: giving hardware engineers the 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 (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.