Mathew Dedonato
Director Of Special Projects at Figure
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolMathew Dedonato is a multidisciplinary robotics and embedded-systems leader with 11 years of experience building vehicle and robotic hardware platforms from concept to production. Currently Director of Special Projects (and Director, Robotic Systems) at Figure in the San Francisco Bay Area, he combines hands-on embedded programming, PCB and CAD expertise (SolidWorks, Altium, AVR/IAR toolchains) with program-level leadership honed at Toyota Research Institute and DARPA Challenge teams. He has led multi‑million-dollar, cross-disciplinary projects, managed engineering teams of 25–30, and shipped vehicle and autonomous systems in automotive and research settings. Comfortable in low-level C and embedded toolchains as well as higher‑level design and tooling (C++, Java, Linux, UI/office suites), he bridges mechanical, electrical and software domains to drive practical, manufacturable solutions. A former AUV and profiling-float developer, he brings a rare combination of oceanic robotics experience and large-scale vehicle hardware program management.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Robotic Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Robotic Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (31)
ros5
driver4
meta-layer4
meta4
yocto-layer4
embedded-linux3
momentum3
robotics3
thermostat3
yocto3
home-assistant3
ota3
trading-bot2
linux2
trading2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
WPI-Atlas-Lab/AtlasLab
Jul 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:51 commits, 27 pushes in 8 months
mdedonato/hassio-addons
Oct 2021 - Oct 2021
Contributions:41 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
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