Instrumentation Engineer (New Grad) — Hardware-Software Integrator

Nominal; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Unlimited PTO

Free lunch/snacks/coffee

Professional development stipend

401k plan

In-office hardware lab with stipend

Annual company retreat

Job summary

Nominal is seeking a new‑grad Instrumentation Engineer to join our in‑office team. You’ll bridge software and hardware in real test stands, instrument stacks, and live control systems.

You’ll write code that talks to hardware and deliver results to customer test campaigns within weeks. You’ll collaborate with engineers on-site, own a scoped hardware‑to‑software integration project, and grow through mentorship from instrumentation and product teams while contributing to open‑source tools like

Qualifications

• Graduating Summer 2027 or sooner with solid engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with data acquisition systems, test instruments, or industrial hardware preferred.
• Strong Python and/or Rust fundamentals; comfortable reading hardware manuals and protocol specs.

Responsibilities

• Write reliable Python and/or Rust to interface with customer hardware using PyVISA and industrial protocols.
• Automate data collection and control processes across hardware test environments.
• Contribute new drivers and instruments to the instro library.
• Collaborate on-site with engineers to deploy test setups and troubleshoot integrations.
• Own a scoped hardware-to-software integration project from start to finish with mentorship.

Skills

Python

Rust

Data acquisition

Hardware interfacing

Embedded systems

Tools

PyVISA

NI-DAQmx

LabJack

Dewesoft

instro

Job description

Nominal is seeking a new‑grad Instrumentation Engineer to join our in‑office team. You’ll bridge software and hardware in real test stands, instrument stacks, and live control systems.

You’ll write code that talks to hardware and deliver results to customer test campaigns within weeks. You’ll collaborate with engineers on-site, own a scoped hardware‑to‑software integration project, and grow through mentorship from instrumentation and product teams while contributing to open‑source tools like