Industrial Security Manager (FSO)

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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 teammates who want to take on hard problems and help make a new generation of world-changing hardware possible.

We're looking for an Industrial Security Manager to serve as Nominal's Facility Security Officer and the single owner of our classified security program. We support Department of War customers across the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Army, and a growing share of our work with primes and commercial partners is classified. As AI changes how the country builds and tests its most advanced systems, more of the data behind those systems sits at higher classification levels. Getting that data safely into Nominal, and getting our engineers cleared and in the room, is now central to how we win.

You'll own the program end to end: facility clearance compliance, special access program administration, personnel security, controlled information handling, and the secure facilities our teams work in. This is a build role. You'll take what exists today, turn it into a program that scales with our classified growth, and see the long-lead needs coming before the business feels them.

🚀 What you'll do

• Own facility and physical security: Serve as Nominal's appointed FSO. Maintain facility clearance compliance and associated government records, lead engagement with DCSA, and oversee day-to-day physical security requirements for cleared facilities. Manage facility access, classified visit

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book when none exists.

• A business partner's instincts: You see security as part of how Nominal wins. You're clear, solutions-oriented, and steady with customers, auditors, and engineers alike.
• This position requires you to currently possess and be able to maintain a U.S. TS/SCI clearance, in order to meet U.S. regulatory eligibility requirements for the access to classified information associated with this role

⚡ Skills that supercharge us

• SCI and SAP administration and experience supporting multiple classification and access environments
• Facility accreditation through a DCSA assessment
• CUI and CMMC program experience
• FOCI mitigation
• Technology Control Plans for foreign national visitors
• Experience building a security program at a startup or defense tech company
• CDSE certifications such as SFPC, SAPPC, or ISOC

✨ 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
• 👶 12 weeks parental leave
• 🌱 Fertility and family planning ($15,000 lifetime)
• 💪 Wellness stipend ($100/month)
• 🛠️ $500/year hardware sensor stipend
• 💼 401(k)
• 📈 Employee-friendly equity terms
• 🏢 In-office 5 days per week

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 .

Compensation
The base pay range for this role is $150,000 – $185,000 per year.