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Mission Operations Engineer

Nominal · New York, United States · On-site

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About Nominal

Nominal powers mission-critical engineering with advanced data infrastructure, real-time observability, and analysis tools — all in one collaborative platform. Backed by General Catalyst, Lightspeed and Sequoia.

About the role

As a Mission Operations Engineer , you'll bridge Nominal's software with real-world applications, becoming an indispensable advisor to our customers. You'll ensure our solutions not only meet but exceed operational requirements, tailoring deployments to unique environments, providing comprehensive training, and directly addressing any challenges that arise. Your work will transform customer operations, enhance user experiences, and drive Nominal's technology to new frontiers.

What they're looking for

  • Deploy & Integrate : Take Nominal's tech to operation on the ground, tailoring solutions to fit our clients' high-stakes environments perfectly
  • Train & Support : You're on the front lines, making sure our users understand our products and can use them to their full potential
  • Enhance & Evolve : Your feedback loops are gold, turning user experiences into actionable insights for continuous product improvement
  • Solve & Streamline : See an issue? You're on it, with the autonomy to fix problems fast and keep our technology ahead of the curve
  • Be the Bridge : You're the vital link between Nominal and our customers, translating needs into solutions and ensuring seamless collaboration across all fronts
  • Communicator & Influencer : You articulate complex ideas with ease and confidence, steering conversations and projects with clarity and honesty
More about this role

About Nominal

Nominal is building the connected test and operations platform powering the world's most advanced hardware systems, from spacecraft and autonomous vehicles to next-generation defense programs. Our platform gives hardware engineering teams a single place to ingest data, analyze performance, automate test execution, and collaborate across every phase of development, so they can move faster without sacrificing safety or precision. We're a fast-moving team that owns problems end-to-end, works across disciplines, and thrives at the intersection of hardware and software.

We serve top-tier commercial and defense customers, from autonomy leaders like Anduril and Shield AI to next-generation aerospace teams like Hermeus and REGENT, and performance engineering teams like Pratt Miller Motorsports, alongside mission partners within the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force on programs where failure isn’t an option. We’re backed by Sequoia, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Lightspeed. Our team draws from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Applied Intuition, and other leading companies, united by a common mission: giving hardware engineers the tools to build the future with speed,...

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