# Matt Brymer > Autonomy Engineer | MEng in Aerospace Engineering | Passionate about agile flight, motion and robotics Location: Mountain View, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/mattbrymer I’m a highly motivated engineer who’s passionate about enabling agile motion in vehicles and robotics. Flight vehicles, ground vehicles or dynamic systems in general, I like seeing things go. My technical interests span the full software stack including control systems, state estimation, motion planning, perception and optimization. My past experience in fast paced environments demonstrates my ability to take ownership, communicate effectively and drive design decision making. My background in the areas of simulation and vehicle dynamics has given me a strong ability to analyze data and identify underlying system dynamics. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer, Sensor Calibration @ Kodiak Jan 2025 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States ### Senior Software Engineer, Controls @ Kodiak Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Mountain View, California, United States ### Software Engineer, Controls @ Kodiak Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States ### Algorithm Design and Development Engineer @ General Motors Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Markham, Ontario, Canada • Developed embedded control system software for all wheel drive systems for application across the GM fleet and implemented in Simulink to autogenerate C code • Designed an electric all wheel drive controller strategy for fault scenarios with minimal sensor data available. Deployed within an entirely new software component that also bundled transition blending, speed control and actuator constraint application and brought to production release in 9 months • Developed control software for active clutch torque control and managing all wheel drive connect state for a single clutch electromechanical all wheel drive system • Validated performance and robustness of both components using CarSim vehicle handling simulations ### Structures Engineer @ Multimatic Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Markham, Ontario • Performed a variety of finite element simulations ranging from linear statics to nonlinear explicit dynamics using LS-DYNA, ABAQUS and OptiStruct in support of various automotive OEM programs • Modelled a wide array of phenomena including carbon fibre composite components, occupant safety and thermomechanical hot blow forming of boron steel body structures • Responsible for side barrier crash simulations to support development of the carbon fibre door structure, carbon fibre tub and metallic side impact structure on a high performance niche vehicle • Effectively communicated simulation results and recommendations to design engineers, tool designers and program managers through simulation reports and in person to drive design decision making ### Dragon Structures Engineer @ SpaceX Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Hawthorne, California • Structures engineer responsible for all structure directly interfacing with the Super Draco abort engines on Dragon 2 • Developed the design of forged metallic structures to mount the SuperDraco engines, react their thrust and protect the vehicle from reentry heating • Designed a deployable mechanism to protect the SuperDraco engines from reentry heating. Developed a preliminary version for test on an engine test rig • Collaborated with Propulsion, Thermal Protection and Avionics Engineers to resolve interfaces and ensure system level requirements met ### Suspension Team Leader @ University of Waterloo Formula Motorsports Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | Waterloo, Ontario • Lead team of 4 members in performing all analysis, design, manufacturing and testing tasks for the suspension subsystem of the UW Formula SAE racecar • Created MATLAB tools for vehicle dynamics tasks including processing tire test data and fitting models, Moment Method simulation and lap time simulation ### Project Manager @ University of Waterloo Formula Motorsports Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Waterloo, Ontario ### Team Member @ University of Waterloo Formula Motorsports Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | Waterloo, Ontario ### Student Racecar Engineer @ OptimumG Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Denver, Colorado • Developed a VB.NET tool to calculate the nonlinear transient handling response of a vehicle with chassis and yaw dynamics degrees of freedom ## Education ### Master of Engineering - MEng in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering University of Toronto ### Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) in Mechanical Engineering University of Waterloo ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mattbrymer --- Source: https://flows.cv/mattbrymer JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/mattbrymer/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01