Product Engineer, Engineering Applications

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

Join Nominal as a Product Engineer, Engineering Applications
You'll bring new ideas to life: prototype fast, put them in front of real engineers, and turn the ones that work into polished products that change how hardware gets built and tested.

Our product engineers work at the intersection of product, design, and engineering. You'll shape what we build, not just how we build it—working directly with users, making product decisions, and owning the experience from first idea to customers using it. You'll bring strong frontend craft and the willingness to work across the stack to make the whole product better.

The problems span the full gamut of the hardware development lifecycle. You might be turning scheduling constraints into an intuitive planning experience or helping a technician understand live device state so that they safely take action. These are new product surfaces, not just screens to maintain: you'll help define how they work and how they fit into the rest of Nominal.

🚀 About the role

• Prototype, learn, and ship. Turn loosely defined ideas into working prototypes, put them in front of users early, and take the strongest ideas from zero to one. You'd rather show a working idea than describe one.
• Own product decisions in your area. Partner closely wi

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ws—and where users need to understand what changed and what still applies.

• AI-powered product experiences. Experience or strong interest in building interfaces where people work with AI: reviewing proposed actions, inspecting supporting evidence, editing results, and staying in control as work runs asynchronously.
• Reusable product systems. Experience building or extending shared interaction patterns, components, permissions, collaboration, or navigation across a growing product.
• Performance and full-stack depth. Experience with large datasets, virtualized interfaces, rendering performance, caching, and asynchronous data flows, or designing APIs and making architectural tradeoffs across the stack.
• Evidence of product craft. You've shipped something people loved enough to tell others about—at work, at a startup, or on your own.

✨ 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 $179,000 – $260,000 per year.