Product Designer - New Grad (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 designers graduating in 2027 or sooner with solid visual and
• product design fundamentals to join Nominal full time.
• You’ll own design work for defined features and product improvements, with
• support from experienced designers and close collaboration with engineering and
• product. You’ll help bring new capabilities to life, learn directly from
• customers, and grow your judgment as a product designer. Your work will support
• engineers testing and validating complex hardware systems, including nuclear
• reactors, rockets, and supersonic aircraft.
• Turn complexity into clarity. Dive into high-frequency, high-volume hardware
• and data workflows and translate them into intuitive product experiences.
• Design alongside real users. Partner with engineers and customers to
• understand their workflows, identify pain points, and test potential
• solutions.
• Partner with design, engineering, and product to research, prototype with AI,
• and contribute directly to product improvements and features.
• Own the design of defined features from initial exploration through
• implementation, working with your team to clarify scope and make tradeoffs.
• Collaborate with engineers throughout development to refine interactions and
• deliver thoughtful, usable experiences.
• Evolve our design system. Contribute reusable patterns and components that
• improve consistency and usability across the platform.
• Help shape our design culture by sharing work early, giving constructive
• feedback, and using customer insights to inform product decisions.
• You’re graduating in 2027 (or sooner) and seeking a full-time product design
• role as a new graduate or early-career designer.
• You have a portfolio that demonstrates strong visual design fundamentals and
• product thinking through academic work, personal projects, internships, or
• professional experience.
• You can translate a user problem into clear flows, detailed interface
• designs, and prototypes.
• You can explain your design decisions and refine them based on feedback, user
• needs, and technical constraints.
• You take initiative to clarify unfamiliar problems and collaborate with
• others to move work forward.

Preferred

• You’ve collaborated with engineers to bring a design into a working product.
• You’ve used AI tools to explore ideas or build prototypes.
• You’ve designed data visualizations, complex workflows, or tools for
• technical users.

• Unlimited PTO and sick leave
• Free lunch, snacks, and coffee
• Professional Development Stipend
• 401k Plan
• In-office hardware lab with a $250 project stipend
• Annual company retreat
• 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.