Mission Operations Engineer - Internship (Summer 2027)
- Location
- New York
- Workplace
- On-site
- Employment
- Internship
About this role
About Nominal
Engineers today are building some of the most ambitious machines humanity has ever seen. They should have AI that’s purpose-built for them.
Nominal is building the Hardware Intelligence Platform that gives engineers increased visibility into complex physical systems, helps them make better decisions, and ultimately gets their products into the real world faster. It brings together the systems, data, intelligence, and applications hardware engineering requires to meet the AI moment. Hardware engineering teams use Nominal to simulate, test, manufacture, and operate the physical systems that keep the world moving, from spacecraft and autonomous vehicles to next-generation energy systems and robotics.
Our customers span aerospace, defense, manufacturing, transportation, energy, and robotics. They include Anduril, Shield AI, Wisk Aero, Pratt Miller Motorsports, Antares, and Shinkei Systems, amongst others, alongside programs within the U.S. Air Force and Navy. Our team draws from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Applied Intuition, Tesla, and other leading companies, united by a common mission: giving hardware engineers the tools to build the future with speed, safety, and confidence. We're a fast-moving team that owns problems end-to-end, works across disciplines, and thrives at the intersection of hardware and software.
Some of the world’s leading technology investors, including Sequoia, Lightspeed, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, and Insight Partners, are backing Nominal’s ambition to change how machines are built and operated. We’re looking for engineers who want to take on hard problems and help make a new generation of world-changing hardware possible.
The role
We're looking for students with solid engineering fundamentals who are interested in a 12-week Summer 2027 internship and on track to graduate by Summer 2028.
As a Mission Ops Engineering intern, you'll work side by side with customers building rocket engines, satellites, and aircraft, helping them solve hard test and operations problems with Nominal's platform. You'll see what it takes to deploy software into a live test environment, write code that gets customer data flowing, and turn what you learn into product feedback that shapes what we build next.
🚀 What you’ll do
- Write scripts and tooling to deploy, configure, and connect customer data to Nominal's platform
- Sit in on customer conversations and training sessions to learn how operators use our tools day to day
- Help troubleshoot issues customers run into and document the fixes for the team
- Turn what you observe in the field into structured feedback for the product team
- Own a self-contained project over the summer that improves a specific part of a customer's workflow
🎯 Reach out if…
- You're on track to graduate by Summer 2028 and are open to a full-time role afterward
- You have hands-on experience with hardware systems — test stands, robotics, aerospace, automotive, or similar — through coursework, research, personal projects, or prior internships
- You've written code (Python or similar) for a class, research, or personal project, and want to use it on real hardware data
- You communicate clearly and want to work directly with the people who'll use what you build
- You're comfortable stepping into unfamiliar technical environments and figuring out what's needed
- You have a genuine interest in hardware testing and the industries Nominal serves
⚡ Bonus
- Exposure to data acquisition or hardware tools (DAQs, LabVIEW, MATLAB/Simulink) or data tools (SQL, Python, Pandas)
- Experience in a customer-facing or support role
✨ Benefits/Perks
- 🚀 Mentorship from our world-class team
- 🍽️ Free lunch, snacks, and coffee
- 🚀 Mentorship from our world-class team
- 🛠️ In-office hardware lab with a $250 project stipend
- ✈️ Trips to co-locate with the team across offices
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
ITAR Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, 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. Learn more about the ITAR here.
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