# Mission Operations Engineer

**Company:** [Nominal](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/nominal)
**Location:** New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Austin, TX
**Role:** Support Engineering
**Salary:** $120k – $195k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** SQL, Python, pandas, Influx, Grafana, Spark, Arrow, Kafka, Labview, MATLAB
**Posted:** 2026-03-05

> Mission Operations Engineer deploys and integrates software platform into customer hardware operations like spacecraft and defense systems, provides training/support, gathers feedback for improvements, and builds customer relationships. Requires 4+ years hardware engineering experience, data skills, and up to 50% travel.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Deploy and integrate Nominal's tech into customer operations, tailoring solutions to high-stakes environments.
- Build relationships, act as account manager and product expert to grow Nominal's presence.
- Provide training and support to ensure users maximize product potential.
- Enhance product through feedback loops and actionable insights.
- Solve issues autonomously and streamline processes.
- Bridge between Nominal and customers, translating needs into solutions.

## Requirements
- 4+ years professional experience in hardware engineering (e.g., propulsion test stands, satellite mission operations, flight testing).
- Strong systems thinking, math/physics intuition, intellectual curiosity.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Dynamic leadership, team player with humility and empathy.
- Proven project management from planning to deployment.
- Willingness to travel up to 50%.
- Eligible for U.S. TS Clearance.

## Nice-to-Haves / Skills
- Customer-facing experience (consultant, customer success, technical program manager).
- Hardware tools: DAQs, DDS, Nix, RTOS, MCAP, H5, TDMS, LabVIEW, MATLAB/Simulink, WinPlot.
- Data engineering: SQL, Python, Pandas, Influx, Grafana, Spark, Arrow, Kafka, Beam, Flink.

## Compensation
Base pay: $120,000 – $195,000 per year.

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