Product Designer - Internship (Summer 2027)

About Nominal Engineering teams rely on Nominal to execute tests, analyze results in real time, collaborate across disciplines, and deliver resilient hardware in days, not months.

Nominal

Technology partner to the world's fastest hardware teams.

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nominal.io

201-500 employees

Software Development

Austin, TX

2022

Privately Held

21k LinkedIn followers

Raised $182.5M

• We’re looking for students graduating in 2028 with solid visual and product
• design fundamentals who are seeking a Summer 2027 internship and are interested
• in joining Nominal full time after graduation in 2028.
• You’ll work alongside designers, engineers, and product partners on a scoped
• project that addresses a real customer need. With mentorship and regular
• feedback, you’ll build experience across research, prototyping, and detailed
• design while contributing to the tools engineers use to test and validate
• complex hardware.
• Turn complexity into clarity. Learn how engineers work with high-frequency,
• high-volume hardware data and help translate those workflows into intuitive
• product experiences.
• Learn from real users. Work with the team to understand customer needs,
• observe workflows, and identify opportunities to improve the product.
• Partner with design, engineering, and product to research, prototype with AI,
• and contribute directly to product improvements and features.
• Take a scoped design project from exploration through detailed design, with
• guidance from your design mentor and team.
• Build your craft. Share work in design critiques, incorporate feedback, and
• explain the thinking behind your decisions.
• Contribute to our design system by applying existing patterns and helping
• improve components and documentation.
• interested in a full-time product design role at Nominal after graduation.
• You have a portfolio of academic, personal, or internship projects that
• demonstrates visual design fundamentals and thoughtful problem-solving.
• You can use design and prototyping tools to communicate ideas through flows,
• layouts, and interactive concepts.
• You’re curious about unfamiliar technical problems and ask questions to
• understand how people work.
• You’re open to feedback and can show how you’ve used it to improve your work.

Preferred

• You’ve explored AI tools to prototype or test design ideas.
• You’ve worked on data visualization, technical software, or hardware-related
• projects.

• Trips to co-locate with the team across our different offices
• Free lunch, dinner, snacks, and drinks
• A beginning-of-internship swag bag and an end-of-internship intern gift
• In-office hardware lab with a $250 project stipend
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
• 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.