Instrumentation Engineer
Nominal
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About Nominal
Nominal is building the connected test and operations platform powering the world's most advanced hardware systems.
The Role
We are looking for students interested in a 12-week Summer 2027 internship. You will work at the boundary between software and physical test hardware, integrating Nominal solutions in real test stands, hardware instrumentation stacks, and live control systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Write reliable and performant Python and/or Rust-based software to interface with customer hardware using PyVISA, broad-base industrial protocols, and proprietary vendor SDKs (NI-DAQmx, LabJack, Dewesoft).
- Automate data collection and control processes across hardware test environments.
- Contribute new drivers and instruments to our open-source instrumentation library (instro).
- Work on-site with engineers to get test setups running and troubleshoot hardware-software integrations live.
- Take ownership of a scoped hardware ↔ software integration project from start to finish.
Qualifications
- On track to graduate by Summer 2028 and open to a full-time role afterward.
- Hands-on experience with data acquisition systems, test instruments (power supplies, eLoads, DMMs, oscilloscopes), embedded hardware, or industrial controllers (through coursework, research, or projects like solar car, formula racing, or robotics).
- Strong Python and/or Rust fundamentals.
- Comfortable reading hardware manuals and communication protocol specs.
- Prior experience contributing to open source or building hardware abstraction layers.
- Strong interest in developing software that dictates how high-impact electro-mechanical systems behave in the real world.
- Described by peers as ambitious, resourceful, resilient, and persistent.
Internship Benefits/Perks
- Mentorship from our world-class team.
- Trips to co-locate with the team across offices.
- Free lunch, dinner, snacks, and drinks.
- Beginning-of-internship swag bag and end-of-internship intern gift.
- In-office hardware lab with a $250 project stipend.