Lead Sales Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

About Nominal

Nominal is building the software infrastructure powering the world’s most advanced hardware systems — from spacecraft and autonomous vehicles to next-generation industrial machines. Our platform ingests high-rate telemetry, validates complex autonomy software in real time, and enables engineers to iterate faster without sacrificing safety or precision. We’re a small, fast-moving team of engineers and operators who own problems end-to-end, work across disciplines, and thrive on challenges at the intersection of hardware and software.

As a dual-use platform, we serve top-tier commercial and defense customers, including the U.S. Navy, United States Air Force, Shield AI, and Anduril. We’re backed by Sequoia, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Lightspeed Ventures. Our team draws experience from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Applied Intuition, and other leading companies — united by a common mission : enabling hardware engineers to push the boundaries of advanced technology with speed, safety, and precision.

In this pivotal role, you'll deliver Nominal’s vision of providing continuous testing to the industrial base, equipping engineers to deploy capability, at scale, in the shortest time possible. You’ll be working across accounts ranging from large enterprises to innovative startups, selling a modern software platform to hardware organizations. It’ll be your role to demonstrate and communicate how our technology fits into their existing stack and helps them meet their critical testing outcomes. You will also be counted on to shape the early sales team and its culture.

\uD83D\uDE80 About the role

• Solution scoping & collaboration — Collaborate deeply with Sales, Mission, Product, and Engineering teams to understand customer requirements, scope feasible solutions, and align on technical feasibility.
• Customer discovery & advocacy — Gain holistic insight into customer pain points and feedback to understand and quantify ways Nominal can benefit; while also helping to refine Nominal’s roadmap and messaging.
• Technical pre-sales excellence — Deliver persuasive, tailored demos, PoCs, and technical presentations, effectively communicating Nominal’s platform value to C-level executives, systems architects, engineering leads, testing managers, and IT stakeholders.
• Customize & prototype — Design custom demo workflows, extensions, or integrations (e.g. data ingestion pipelines, automation scripts) that showcase how Nominal delivers real-world impact across ambiguous or edge-case scenarios.
• Strategic opportunities — Partner with Account Executives to build account plans, identify internal champions, and navigate complex buying processes—including IT, compliance, and financial stakeholders.
• Team enablement & knowledge sharing — Co-create battle cards, talk tracks, and technical collateral. Mentor junior team members and support the evolution of Nominal’s pre-sales methodology.

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⚡ Skills that supercharge us

✨ Benefits / Perks

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 .

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