About the role#
We are looking for students with solid engineering fundamentals for a 12-week internship during Summer 2027. You should be on track to graduate by Summer 2028 or sooner. As an Instrumentation intern, you will work at the boundary between software and physical test hardware. You will help integrate our solutions into real test stands and live control systems. You will write code that talks directly to hardware in the field and see your work used in customer test campaigns.
What you'll do#
- Write reliable and performant Python or Rust-based software to interface with customer hardware.
- Help automate data collection and control processes across hardware test environments.
- Contribute new drivers and instruments to our open-source instrumentation library.
- Work shoulder-to-shoulder with engineers on-site to get test setups running.
- Troubleshoot hardware-software integrations live.
- Take ownership of a scoped hardware-software integration project from start to finish.
What you'll need#
- On track to graduate by Summer 2028.
- Hands-on experience with data acquisition systems, test instruments, embedded hardware, or industrial controllers.
- Strong Python or Rust fundamentals.
- Comfort reading hardware manuals and communication protocol specs.
- Experience contributing to open source or building hardware abstraction layers.
- Interest in developing software for electro-mechanical systems.
- Majors in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.
Location & details#
- Locations: New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA.
- Work modality: On-site.
- Term: Summer 2027.
- Status: Paid, full-time internship.
- Note: This role requires compliance with U.S. Government export regulations (ITAR).
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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