Software Engineer - Rust / Bevy / WebGPU

Job Description

Job Description

About Nominal

Nominal is building the software infrastructure that powers 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 helps engineering teams 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 solving challenges at the intersection of hardware and software. As a dual-use platform, we're serving top-tier commercial and defense customers, including the U.S. Navy, United States Air Force, Shield AI, and Anduril.

We’re backed by top-tier investors — Sequoia, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Lightspeed Ventures — who share our mission to accelerate innovation in mission-critical systems. Our team brings experience from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Applied Intuition, and other leading companies, united by a common goal : enabling hardware engineers to push the boundaries of advanced technology with speed, safety, and precision.

As a Rust Visualization & Systems Engineer , you’ll design and implement the real-time 3D and UI layers that let engineers explore complex telemetry, simulations, and control systems. You’ll work directly with our data pipelines and physics engines to render live system state using Bevy , WebGPU , and egui , bringing real-world data to life in a fast, intuitive, and extensible way. If you love writing elegant, high-performance Rust, designing immersive visualization systems, and making real-time data beautiful and responsive, we’d love to meet you.

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• Build interactive 3D and 2D visualizations using Bevy and WebGPU , optimized for real-time telemetry and simulation.
• Develop advanced ECS-based rendering and scene-graph systems for large-scale, dynamic data environments.
• Design and implement egui-based UIs for real-time control, telemetry playback, and system monitoring.
• Collaborate with data infrastructure engineers to stream and visualize high-frequency telemetry with minimal latency.
• Contribute to cross-platform runtime architecture supporting both native and WebAssembly builds.
• Profile and optimize performance across CPU, GPU, and memory boundaries to achieve smooth frame pacing and determinism.
• Shape the visual and interaction paradigms that define Nominal’s end-user experience for engineers working on mission-critical hardware.

⚡ Skills That Accelerate Us

✨ Benefits / Perks

The listed salary range represents an estimate for base compensation only. Base salary is just one part of the total rewards package. Eligible employees may also receive highly competitive equity grants in the form of stock options, allowing you to share in the company’s long-term success.

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 .

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.