Mateo
Mariscal

Hardware Engineer

Roboticist

Lifelong Learner

Building a general purpose humanoid robotics company (currently in stealth mode) based in NYC.

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Recent Work Experience

Designed and managed accelerated life test stands that evaluated virtually every assembly of Stretch -- this was instrumental in ensuring robustness and reliability of the robot.

Developed custom manufacturing automation stands to accelerate the most painful parts of the robot production process.

Designed and released assemblies for Model S, X, & Y within Closures - Vehicle Engineering Dept.

Designed a new seal system for R&D that reduced vehicle NVH by 2.5 dB

Managed general assembly deviation trials at the Fremont factory

Conducted material property tests and system-level durability tests

Redesigned structural components of linkage mechanism in active seat for enhanced functionality (integration of electronic fore-aft adjustment) and better packaging.

Developed new features for the active seat control algorithm

Created GUI for data collection & processing for a vehicle motion study.

Education

Studied at

2016-2020

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science. Concentration in Economics. GPA 4.9/5.0

2012-2016

Cambridge Rindge and Latin School & Harvard University

Went to high school at CRLS and dual enrolled in courses at Harvard.

Interests

Ice and Roller Skating

Really enjoy roller skating the NYC streets or getting on the ice to play ice hockey

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English, Spanish, Portuguese

I speak English. Hablo Español. Falo Português
Boarding Sports

Snowboarding, Wakeboarding, Kitesurfing, Surfing, etc.
Volleyball

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Early Career

Working with

2017

Primus Power

Created a testing platform for conducting accelerated life durability tests of components of a zinc bromine flow battery. The platform included a variety of sensors and controls for creating worst-case scenario environments (like 100% SOC Bromine). Project was simulated with Lab View.

2016-2017

Changing Places

Co-Developed, designed, and 3D modeled an autonomous platform for personal transportation, and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM).
Conducted the fabrication of the Persuasive Electric Vehicle (PEV), an autonomous tricycle for intra-city transportation.

2017

INSIA

Used Matlab’s Simulink to interface CarSim and AVL Cruise, and co-simulate electric vehicle tests. Created vehicle dynamic simulations to calculate / analyze rolling resistance, brake force distribution, slip angle, vehicle forces, etc. Modified and validated vehicle models with real test data - implemented a PID controller for dynamic gain adjustment and errors reduction.

2016

MIT Center For Bits and Atoms

Assistant shop supervisor - trained to use water jet cutter, CNC ShopBot, 4-axis milling machine, laser cutter, PBC miller, sandblaster, and MIG welder. To gain experience on machines, I conducted several side projects - creating an electric skateboard, knife, cabinet, among others.

2014-2015

Harvard Center for Astrophysics