Venture-backed company building software and data solutions for organizations that test and validate complex hardware systems like drones, rocket engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors.

Nominal is an innovative venture-backed company at the intersection of software and hardware testing, backed by prominent investors like General Catalyst, Founders Fund, and Lux Capital. The company is revolutionizing how organizations test and validate complex hardware systems including drones, rocket engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors.

As a New Grad Software Engineer, you'll be working on cutting-edge data infrastructure and visualization systems that directly impact the aerospace, energy, and defense sectors. You'll be handling high-frequency, high-volume multi-modal streaming data and creating data-dense web applications that serve mission-critical functions.

The role offers unique opportunities to work alongside engineers from prestigious organizations like SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, and NASA. You'll receive mentorship from world-class engineers while taking ownership of projects that directly contribute to transforming the testing and validation landscape for complex hardware systems.

The position is ideal for candidates passionate about aerospace and advanced technology, offering a comprehensive benefits package including full medical coverage, unlimited PTO, and unique perks like a sensor stipend. You'll be based in one of their offices in New York City, Los Angeles, or Austin, working in a dynamic environment that's gaining strong traction in both commercial and government sectors.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join an early-stage company with a clear vision of accelerating hardware engineers' abilities to push the boundaries of advanced technology safely and efficiently. The role combines cutting-edge technology stack, meaningful work in critical industries, and the excitement of being part of a growing company that's making a real impact in hardware testing and validation.

Entry-level software engineering position at Nominal, focusing on building data infrastructure and visualization tools for hardware testing systems.

Software Engineer - New Grad (Summer 2025)

Nominal is a venture-backed company focused on building software and data solutions for organizations that test and validate complex systems like drones, rocket engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors.

Nominal is a venture-backed company with offices in Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City. We're focused on building software and data solutions for organizations that test and validate complex systems—think drones, rocket engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors. Supported by leading investors like General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and more, we're gaining strong traction in the commercial and government aerospace and defense industrial base, including working directly with the Department of Defense.

As a Junior Frontend Software Engineer, you'll play an essential role in helping us build and maintain impactful features and tooling that directly influence the experiences of our users. From architecting elegant UIs to deploying scalable APIs, you'll help shape the development of our platform while learning from a talented and supportive team. This is an exciting opportunity to work on complex products with a focus on high-performance visualizations and interaction design.

**What you'll do:**
- Build & Enhance Features: Work on developing frontend features and functionality using modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries (React, Next.js, etc.).
- Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with backend engineers to integrate with APIs and ensure seamless user experiences.
- Scalable Architecture: Contribute to the development of scalable and efficient systems, especially in building APIs and handling large data volumes.
- Focus on Performance and UX: Develop high-performance, visually appealing front-end solutions that handle large sets of data without sacrificing user experience.

**We'd love to hear from you if you have:**
- 1-2 years of experience as a frontend software engineer
- Familiarity with modern frontend technologies such as React, Next.js, and TypeScript
- A passion for creating beautiful, user-centric interfaces
- Interest in working on products for engineers or technical users
- The drive to help shape the product roadmap
- A strong interest in working with high-performance tools

Join us in making it faster and easier for hardware engineers to push the boundaries of advanced technology safely and efficiently!

Junior Frontend Software Engineer role at Nominal, building high-performance UIs for complex systems testing software.

Software Engineer - Frontend

Nominal is a venture-backed company with offices in Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City, focused on building software and data solutions for organizations that test and validate complex systems like drones, rocket engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors. Supported by leading investors, they're gaining strong traction in the commercial and government aerospace and defense industrial base.

The Mission Dev role is ideal for software engineers passionate about making an impact by developing mission-critical solutions deployed directly to customer sites. This role balances technical skill, problem-solving, and end-user engagement to deliver robust solutions for complex, data-intensive systems. You'll work closely with customers, iterate on solutions in real-time, and have the opportunity to impact vital systems and technologies across the aerospace and defense sectors.

Key responsibilities include:
- Building, deploying, and scaling solutions directly at customer sites
- Collaborating with growth and engineering teams to implement, test, and refine solutions
- Establishing metrics, logging, and monitoring tools
- Partnering with end-users to transform feedback into impactful features
- Traveling to customer sites as needed for mission-critical deployments

The ideal candidate should have:
- 1+ years of relevant, post-college work experience
- Strong engineering background (Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics)
- Proficiency in programming languages like Python, Java, Rust, TypeScript/JavaScript
- Ability and interest to travel up to 25% for on-site client work

Additional valuable skills include:
- Solution-oriented approach and customer collaboration experience
- Technical versatility in data processing, analysis, and big data technologies
- Adaptability and experience in startup environments
- Data-centric mindset with familiarity in technologies like Apache Arrow, Flink, Kafka, or Arrow Flight

Nominal offers competitive benefits including full medical, dental, and vision coverage, unlimited PTO, learning stipends, and quarterly company retreats. The salary range for this role is $120,000 - $150,000 base, plus competitive equity and benefits.

Join Nominal as a Software Engineer - Mission Dev to build mission-critical solutions for aerospace and defense, with on-site deployments and customer collaboration.

Software Engineer - Mission Dev

Nominal is a venture-backed company with offices in Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City. We're focused on building software and data solutions for organizations that test and validate complex systems—think drones, rocket engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors. Our team includes engineers and operators from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Lockheed Martin, and NASA, all working toward making it faster and easier for hardware engineers to push the boundaries of advanced technology safely and efficiently.

As a Software Engineer - Mission Dev, you'll build, deploy, and scale solutions directly at customer sites, addressing high-priority operational needs with fast-paced, iterative development. You'll collaborate with blended growth and engineering teams, establish metrics and monitoring tools, and partner with end-users to transform feedback into impactful features. This role requires travel to customer sites like rocket test stands and aircraft testing facilities.

We're looking for candidates with 1+ years of relevant post-college work experience, a strong engineering background, and proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, Rust, or TypeScript/JavaScript. The ideal candidate is solution-oriented, technically versatile, adaptable, and has a data-centric mindset.

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance with 100% of premiums covered, unlimited PTO, free lunch, snacks, and coffee, a learning stipend, and quarterly company retreats. The salary range is $120,000 - $150,000 base salary plus competitive equity grant and benefits.

Software Engineer - Mission Dev at Nominal, building solutions for complex systems testing in aerospace and defense.

Nominal is a venture-backed company building software and data solutions for organizations testing complex systems like drones and satellites. With offices in Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City, we're gaining traction in aerospace and defense, working directly with the Department of Defense. Our team includes engineers from SpaceX, Palantir, and NASA, focused on accelerating test data review and analysis.

The Mission Dev role is ideal for software engineers passionate about developing mission-critical solutions deployed to customer sites. You'll balance technical skill, problem-solving, and user engagement to deliver robust solutions for data-intensive systems. Key responsibilities include:

- Building and deploying solutions at customer sites
- Collaborating with teams to implement and refine solutions in real-world environments
- Establishing metrics and monitoring tools for software reliability
- Partnering with end-users to transform feedback into impactful features
- Traveling to customer sites to support mission-critical deployments

We're looking for candidates with:
- 1+ years of relevant post-college experience
- Strong engineering background (Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics)
- Proficiency in languages like Python, Java, Rust, or TypeScript/JavaScript
- Willingness to travel up to 25% for on-site client work

Ideal candidates are solution-oriented, technically versatile, adaptable, and have a data-centric mindset. Experience with technologies like Apache Arrow, Flink, Kafka, or Arrow Flight is a plus.

We offer competitive benefits including full medical, dental, and vision coverage, unlimited PTO, learning stipends, and quarterly company retreats. Join us in pushing the boundaries of advanced technology safely and efficiently!

Join Nominal as a Software Engineer - Mission Dev to build critical solutions for aerospace and defense, working on-site with cutting-edge technology.

Nominal is a venture-backed company specializing in software and data management products for organizations testing and validating complex physical systems.

Nominal is a venture-backed company specializing in software and data management products for organizations testing and validating complex physical systems like drones, planes, rockets, engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors. As a Mission Operations Engineer, you'll bridge Nominal's software with real-world applications, becoming an indispensable advisor to customers. You'll deploy and integrate Nominal's tech, train and support users, enhance and evolve products based on feedback, build relationships and business, solve and streamline issues, and act as a vital link between Nominal and customers. The role requires proven engineering expertise, technical problem-solving skills, strong communication abilities, leadership qualities, and project management experience. You'll be working with cutting-edge technology in aerospace, defense, industrial, and advanced energy applications, helping to accelerate how engineering teams test and validate hardware systems. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on customer operations and drive Nominal's technology to new frontiers.

Join Nominal as a Mission Operations Engineer to deploy cutting-edge software for complex physical systems testing, bridging technology with real-world applications.

Mission Operations Engineer

Nominal is a venture-backed company specializing in software and data management products for organizations testing and validating complex physical systems like drones, planes, rockets, engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors. With offices in Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City, Nominal is backed by prominent venture capital firms and has raised significant funding. The company has strong early traction in commercial aerospace and defense applications with the Department of Defense (DoD).

As a Software Engineer at Nominal, you'll be responsible for architecting and building end-to-end features and tooling, deploying them to users, and ensuring they meet user needs with a delightful UX and performance. You'll innovate at the cutting edge of data infrastructure, design scalable APIs, and help grow the team.

Key responsibilities include:
- Developing infrastructure for high-scale distributed systems and complex internal tools
- Designing APIs to handle massive volumes of data
- Occasionally traveling to spend time with end-users on-site

The ideal candidate should have experience with relevant data technologies (e.g., Apache Arrow, DataFusion, Flink), modern technologies (e.g., Typescript, Next.js, tRPC), and DevOps tools (e.g., AWS, K8s, EKS).

Nominal offers competitive benefits, including full medical, dental, and vision coverage, unlimited PTO, free lunch, and learning stipends. Join a team from top companies like SpaceX, Palantir, and NASA, working on cutting-edge solutions for aerospace, defense, and advanced energy applications.

Join Nominal as a Software Engineer to build cutting-edge data infrastructure and tools for complex physical systems testing.

Software Engineer

Nominal is a venture-backed company specializing in software and data management products for organizations testing and validating complex physical systems like drones, planes, rockets, engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors. With offices in Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City, Nominal is backed by prominent venture capital firms and has raised significant funding with strong early traction in both commercial and defense applications.

As a Product Designer at Nominal, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our data visualization and computation platform. This platform is designed to accelerate how engineering teams test and validate hardware systems, specifically aiming to shorten the data review process and help organizations scale testing campaigns more efficiently.

Your responsibilities will include leading the design lifecycle for mission-critical features, designing novel interactions for human-machine interfaces, and creating systems that solve immediate product problems while laying a foundation for the future. You'll work closely with customers, contribute to product strategy, and maintain a focus on elevating the user experience through innovative design solutions.

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in software development design, with expertise in Figma and a strong foundation in prototyping and implementation. You should be able to adapt to technical constraints, articulate your design decisions effectively, and navigate highly technical environments in aerospace, defense, and advanced energy applications.

Nominal offers competitive benefits, including full medical, dental, and vision coverage, unlimited PTO, professional development stipends, and quarterly company retreats. The salary range for this role is $120,000 - $180,000 per year, with additional equity grants included in all offers.

Join Nominal and contribute to accelerating testing and validation processes for engineering teams, impacting real-world operations from the ocean depths to the far reaches of space. 🪐

Lead the design of a data visualization and computation platform for engineering teams testing complex physical systems.

Product Designer

Nominal is a venture-backed company specializing in software and data management products for organizations testing and validating complex physical systems like drones, planes, rockets, engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors. Backed by prominent VC firms, Nominal has raised significant funding and gained early traction in commercial aerospace and defense applications.

As a Frontend Software Engineer at Nominal, you'll be responsible for:
- Innovating at the cutting edge of front-end technology
- Building complex visualizations and powerful editor-like experiences
- Designing scalable APIs using tRPC
- Helping grow the team through sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding

We're looking for candidates with:
- Experience in developing complex products for engineers or time-series visualization tools
- A passion for creating beautiful, intuitive interactions
- Drive to shape projects and clarify the unknown
- Excitement about being a foundational team member
- Interest in occasional travel to end-user sites

Our tech stack includes TypeScript, Next.js, React, Radix UI, Tailwind, tRPC, and WebGL. We also have our own custom UI library built on top of Radix UI.

Nominal offers competitive benefits including full medical, dental, and vision coverage, unlimited PTO, free lunch, learning stipends, and quarterly company retreats. Join us in building software tools that amplify the capabilities of remarkable hardware engineering teams!

Frontend Software Engineer role at Nominal, building cutting-edge visualization tools for complex physical systems testing.

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Venture-backed company building software and data solutions for organizations that test and validate complex hardware systems like drones, rocket engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors.