Matthew Hines
Lead Researcher (formerly Senior Hardware Designer, Formerly Senior Design Assurance Researcher) at Creative 3D Technologies
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Hines is a multidisciplinary engineering lead with 14 years of hands-on experience bridging hardware design, rapid semiconductor prototyping, and product-level R&D for advanced fabrication systems. As Lead Researcher at Creative 3D Technologies and Director of Engineering at Imagnus Medical, he has driven mechanical, electrical, and PCB design work—from metal 3D‑printed extruder components and filament sensors to signal‑integrity analysis and hierarchical BOM automation. A serial founder and maker, he runs Soaring Industries LLC and has a strong track record of shipping open‑source tools and pragmatic automation to accelerate production while protecting defensible IP. Matthew combines diagnostic rigor and on‑site troubleshooting with strategic recruiting and supply‑chain foresight, often anticipating parts and failure modes before they surface. Based in the DC‑Baltimore area, he pairs a perfect academic record with a maker’s mentality, preferring rigid metal solutions and clever mechanical changes (like dual‑stepper belt drives and split heated beds) that yield outsized reliability gains.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, 4.0, Bachelor’s Degree, 4.0 at University of Maryland University College
English
Github Skills (177)
peer-to-peer10
firmware10
esp3210
encryption10
crypto10
32-bit10
middleware10
avr10
file-sharing10
mistral10
data-transfer10
golang10
arduino-ide10
ollama10
atmel10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
mirage335/TazStiff
Jan 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:20 commits, 1 PR, 15 pushes in 6 months
speedwindowsfactorylinuxderived
soaringDistributions/ubDistBuild
Apr 2022 - Dec 2025
Built with Llama. Built with Meta Llama 3. Builds custom Linux distribution.
Contributions:6 PRs, 1378 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 8 months
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