Business Operations - Generalist

Nominal; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and family

Unlimited vacation

Parental leave (12 weeks)

Fertility & family planning stipend

Wellness stipend

Hardware sensor stipend

Learning & development stipend

401(k)

Equity terms

In-office 5 days a week

Job summary

Nominal is building the Hardware Intelligence Platform and seeks a versatile operator to help scale its Business Operations function in a high-growth phase. The role touches strategic planning, performance management, corporate development, investor relations, and partnerships.

You will work across disciplines to build alignment, develop metrics, and drive cross-functional initiatives that accelerate growth while maintaining rigor and control.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of career experience in internal strategy, operations or finance roles.
• Ability to operate across functions with context-switching between work types.
• High EQ and ability to work with diverse personalities and seniority levels.
• Strong quantitative mindset with data-driven decision making.
• End-to-end ownership from issue framing to resolution.
• Highly organized with meticulous attention to detail.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Willingness to do whatever needs doing with a low ego and bias to action.

Responsibilities

• Run the business: translate strategy into operational rhythms and cascade it through the org.
• Conduct FP&A, budgeting, and capital allocation support.
• Drive corporate development including fundraising, investor relations, M&A, and partnerships.
• Build scalable go-to-market infrastructure: pricing, packaging, campaigns, collateral.
• Support new market entrance with research and value proposition articulation.
• Develop metrics and real-time insights for leadership decision making.
• Establish scalable processes and cultivate a best-in-class culture across teams.
• Pitch in across functions as needed to accelerate pace and quality.

Skills

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Ownership

Attention to detail

Bias to action

Job description

About Nominal

Engineers today are building some of the most ambitious machines humanity has ever seen. They should have AI that’s purpose-built for them.

About Nominal

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 fast-moving team that owns problems end-to-end, works across disciplines, and thrives at the intersection of hardware and software. Some of the world’s leading technology investors, including Sequoia, Lightspeed, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, and Insight Partners, are backing Nominal’s ambition to change how machines are built and operated. We’re looking for engineers who want to take on hard problems and help make a new generation of world-changing hardware possible. We're looking for a versatile operator to help build out Nominal's Business Operations function during a period of high growth. You'll have exposure to nearly every part of the business. This is a role for someone who thrives on variety, moves fast, and is energized by doing whatever it takes to help a company scale. The work will touch strategic planning, performance management, corporate development, investor relations, strategic partnerships, and more.

What You'll Do

• Run the business: Support operational rhythms, planning cadences, communications mediums, and more to ensure Nominal's strategy is translated into operational tactics and effectively cascaded throughout the org.
• Conduct financial planning and analysis: Support FP&A, budgeting, and capital allocation.
• Drive corporate development: Contribute meaningfully to fundraising, investor relations, M&A, and partnerships.
• Build scalable go-to-market infrastructure: Develop pricing & packaging, assist with marketing campaigns, and build other collateral to support scalable sales processes and monetization.
• Support new market entrance: Perform targeted research on new products, verticals, or geographies. Articulate value propositions and manage logistics for new initiatives.
• Build analytical rigor: Develop metrics and systems that enable Nominal's leadership to have data at their fingertips, improving the quality of decisions based on real-time, automated insights.
• Strengthen how we operate: Establish and maintain organizational processes and help build a best-in-class culture as the team scales. Work cross-functionally to build alignment across the business to solve novel problems.
• Pitch in wherever needed: Talent, compliance, communications – you'll do whatever it takes to accelerate the pace and raise the quality bar at Nominal.

We're looking for someone with

• 5+ years of career experience, including in internal strategy, operations, & finance roles; (ideally) professional services background (management consulting, investment banking), or other fast-paced environments
• Comfort operating across functions and context-switching between different types of work; dynamic responsibilities excite you
• High EQ and the ability to work with a variety of personalities, functions, and seniority levels; you know how to generate buy-in without relying on hierarchy
• Strong analytical skills, with a bias toward thinking in quantitative results
• Problem solver with end-to-end ownership, from issue framing to resolution
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Clear communicator, both written and verbal
• Willingness to do whatever needs doing, quickly; low ego and bias to action

Skills That Supercharge Us

• Familiarity with hardware industries
• Technical fluency or an engineering background is a plus

Benefits/perks

• 100% covered health, dental, and vision insurance (for you and your family)
• Unlimited paid vacation
• 12 weeks parental leave
• Fertility and family planning ($15,000 lifetime)
• Lunch provided dailyWellness stipend ($100/month)
• $500/year hardware sensor stipend
• Learning and development stipend
• 401(k)
• Employee-friendly equity terms
• In-office 5 days per week

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

ITAR Requirements

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. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Compensation

The base pay range for this role is $125,000 – $250,000 per year.