Mission Dev Engineer - New Grad (Summer 2027)

Nominal

$80K — $95K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Graduating in Summer 2027 or sooner
  • Strong core engineering skills
  • Hands-on software building experience
  • Interest in user-centered software development
  • Passion for solving challenging problems in critical infrastructure
  • Ambitious, resourceful, and perseverant character

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with customer engineers to identify software solutions for testing workflows
  • Design and develop integrations and applications for high-frequency hardware data
  • Own the full project lifecycle from problem understanding to software deployment
  • Collect user feedback and iterate quickly on software solutions
  • Channel user insights back to product and engineering for broader capabilities

Benefits

  • 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Unlimited PTO and sick leave
  • Free lunch, snacks, and coffee
  • Professional Development Stipend
  • 401k Plan
  • Access to an in-office hardware lab with a $250 project stipend
  • Annual company retreat
Full Job Description
The role

We're looking for students with solid engineering fundamentals on track to graduate in Summer 2027 or sooner.

As a Mission Dev (forward deployed software engineering) engineer at Nominal, you'll work directly with engineers building and testing complex hardware systems like nuclear reactors, rockets, and supersonic aircraft. You'll learn how our customers work, understand what's slowing them down, and build software that helps them move faster. The role combines hands-on software engineering with product judgment: figuring out what to build, shipping it, and working with users to make sure it solves their problem.

What you'll do

  • Work directly with customer engineers to understand their testing and analysis workflows and identify problems you can solve with software
  • Design and build integrations, data pipelines, and applications that connect Nominal to our customers' systems and help them work with high-frequency, high-volume hardware data
  • Own projects from understanding the problem through building, deploying, and supporting the solution, with mentorship from experienced engineers and domain experts
  • Put working software in users' hands early, learn from how they use it, and iterate quickly based on their feedback
  • Bring what you learn back to our product and engineering teams, helping turn solutions for individual customers into capabilities that benefit many


Reach out if...

  • You're graduating in Summer 2027 or sooner and are interested in a full-time position.
  • You have strong core engineering skills and hands-on experience building software, whether through internships, personal projects, or academic work
  • You want to work directly with the people using your software and understand whether what you've built is making a difference
  • You're excited to work through open-ended problems, learn unfamiliar systems, and figure out what's needed to get a solution into use
  • You have a personal passion for solving challenging problems and contributing to the future of critical infrastructure
  • Your peers would describe you as ambitious, resourceful, and perseverant


Benefits/Perks

  • 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Unlimited PTO and sick leave
  • Free lunch, snacks, and coffee
  • Professional Development Stipend
  • 401k Plan
  • In-office hardware lab with a $250 project stipend
  • Annual company retreat

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