About the role#
We are looking for students with strong engineering fundamentals for a 12-week internship during Summer 2027. You will work alongside customers who are building rocket engines, satellites, and aircraft. You will help these teams solve test and operations problems using our platform. You will see how software is deployed into live test environments and write code to manage customer data. Your work will directly inform our product development process.
What you'll do#
- Write scripts and tooling to deploy, configure, and connect customer data to our platform.
- Join customer conversations and training sessions to observe how operators use our tools.
- Troubleshoot issues that customers encounter and document the necessary fixes.
- Translate your observations from the field into structured feedback for our product team.
- Own a self-contained project that improves a specific part of a customer workflow.
What you'll need#
- Currently on track to graduate by Summer 2028.
- Open to a full-time role after graduation.
- Hands-on experience with hardware systems through coursework, research, personal projects, or previous internships.
- Experience writing code for class, research, or personal projects.
- Clear communication skills.
- Comfort in unfamiliar technical environments.
- A genuine interest in hardware testing and the industries we serve.
- Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering.
Location & details#
- This is a full-time, paid, on-site internship.
- Available in New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA.
- Please note that we do not provide visa sponsorship for this role.
About Nominal
Nominal creates software for hardware engineering teams. The company provides tools for monitoring, validation, and deployment to help teams test and iterate on hardware projects. It is a privately held organization founded in 2022. The company is based in Los Angeles and employs between 51 and 200 people.
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