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
Success in this role comes from combining strong frontend engineering with product judgment. You'll spend as much time thinking about how users reason about complex systems as you will writing React code. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 2+ years building and shipping software products , with strong frontend skills and ownership of features from first idea to real users
- A habit of prototyping and iterating. You turn ambiguity into something users can try, learn from what happens, and keep improving it
- Product sense and taste. You naturally ask “Why are we building this?” before “How should I implement it?” You care about interaction design, the details users feel, and what makes a product great
- A systems mindset. You enjoy reasoning about data models, relationships, state, and asynchronous workflows—not just individual screens
- Deep empathy for users and clear communication. You learn from them directly, make complicated workflows understandable, and explain technical and product tradeoffs across disciplines
- A practical approach to modern AI coding tools: you use them to prototype and build, stay curious about better ways of working, and take responsibility for the quality of what you ship
More about this role
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...
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