Mission Operations Engineer - New Grad (Summer 2027)
- Location
- New York
- Workplace
- On-site
- Employment
- Full-time
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.
Mission Operations
We’re looking for students with solid engineering fundamentals on track to graduate in Summer 2027 or sooner.
As a Mission Ops Engineer, you'll be the person on the ground helping customers deploy Nominal's platform into their test and operations environments — propulsion test stands, satellite mission ops, flight test, and similar high-stakes settings. You'll train users, troubleshoot issues in real time, and build the relationships that turn a deployment into a long-term partnership.
🚀 What you’ll do
- Write code to ingest and normalize customer data from test stands, DAQs, telemetry streams, and other hardware sources
- Build custom apps, dashboards, and workflows on Nominal's platform for each customer's specific needs
- Own outcomes for a set of customer accounts: run discovery to understand their test problems, then deliver solutions that stick
- Build trusted relationships with engineers and operators, and train their teams as they bring Nominal into daily use
- Debug issues across the stack in real time, and know when to solve something yourself versus pull in the broader team
- Turn patterns you see across customers into clear input for the product and engineering teams
🎯 We'd love to hear from you if...
- You're graduating in Summer 2027 or sooner and are interested in a full-time position
- You have hands-on experience with hardware systems — test stands, robotics, aerospace, automotive, or similar — through internships, personal projects, research, or coursework
- You can write code (Python or similar) to work with real-world data, whether that's parsing sensor logs, building data pipelines, or automating analysis
- You communicate clearly and can explain technical ideas to people who aren't engineers
- You're comfortable working through open-ended problems in unfamiliar environments
- You're willing to travel occasionally to be on-site with customers
- You have a genuine interest in hardware testing and the industries Nominal serves
⚡ Bonus
- Experience with data acquisition or hardware tools (DAQs, LabVIEW, MATLAB/Simulink) or data tools (SQL, Python, Pandas, Grafana)
- Prior customer-facing, account management, or technical support experience
✨ Benefits/Perks
- 🏥 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 🏖️ Unlimited PTO and sick leave
- 🍽️ Free lunch, snacks, and coffee
- 🚀 Professional Development Stipend
- 🛠️ In-office hardware lab with a $250 project stipend
- ✈️ Annual company retreat
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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