Summary
Michael Sutton is a Principal Hardware Engineer with a decade of deep, multidisciplinary experience in MEMS sensors, IMUs, and integrated electronics across research, product development, and production. He has driven sensor and camera subsystems for HoloLens and IVAS, now advancing Soldier Borne Mission Command at Anduril, combining device-level fabrication knowledge with systems modeling and FPGA/firmware implementation. A proven innovator with multiple patents and Six Sigma Black Belt training, he bridges mechanical, electrical, and software domains—authoring calibration and real-time module code as well as system-level simulations in MATLAB/Simulink. He founded Clearbox Solutions to provide embedded systems and modeling consultancy, reflecting an entrepreneurial bent alongside corporate engineering leadership. Unusually for a principal hardware engineer, he also has practical aviation experience as a survey and airline pilot, bringing disciplined systems thinking and operational perspective to sensor integration. Based in Arvada, CO, he leverages broad tool fluency (C/C++, Python, Verilog, SQL, EDA) to shepherd concepts from cleanroom to production.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
M.S.E.E. Electrical Engineering, M.S.E.E. Electrical Engineering at University of Minnesota
B.S. Engineering Science, B.S. Engineering Science at Trinity University