Matteo Kimura
Co-Founder at Atum Works
Pasadena, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatteo Kimura is a Caltech-trained systems engineer and co-founder with eight years of practical experience building robotic and space systems, blending flight software, operations, and mathematical modeling. He has served as flight director for a NASA lunar mission operations team, tracked an uncooperative deep-space spacecraft via DSN and Green Bank, and led development of lunar robotic infrastructure concepts that secured high-profile partnerships and proposal momentum. At Caltech he led the largest undergraduate aerospace club, ran demos tied to a $150M facility opening, and upgraded legged-robot platforms to modern autonomy-ready systems. An active contributor to robotics documentation for the widely used FRC ecosystem, he combines hands-on software and technical writing to make complex tools approachable. Based in Pasadena, he brings a rare mix of mission operations experience, systems-level thinking, and startup drive to space-robotics challenges.
8 years of coding experience
California Institute of Technology
Github Skills (2)
documentation10
technical-writing10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
wpilibsuite/frc-docs
Oct 2020 - Nov 2021
Official FRC Documentation powered by Read the Docs
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:6 reviews, 5 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Matteo primarily contributed to the documentation of the FRC characterization tool, making significant updates to various sections. These updates included adding GUI labels, updating GUI images, and adding content to the introduction and characterization routine sections. The user also addressed troubleshooting aspects, such as template lag, and improved documentation of encoder settings and diagnostics. This work focused on improving user understanding and providing clear guidance on using the tool.
frcread-the-docs
Piphi5/sysid
Feb 2021 - Aug 2022
System identification for robot mechanisms
Contributions:2 reviews, 3 PRs, 513 pushes in 1 year 6 months
roboticsrobotsystem-identificationrosidentification
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