# Matthew Daniel

> Robot Software Engineer

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/matthewdaniel

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Anduril Industries
Jan 2026 – Present

### Senior Robot Software Engineer @ Vecna Robotics
Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 | Waltham, MA

### Senior Test Engineer @ Vecna Robotics
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

### Researcher @ Organic Robotics Laboratory
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Ithaca, New York Area
•	Hypothesized and tested data communication through electrolyte in modular flow cell battery, designed 3D printed shell of flow cell nodes, resulting in achieving data communication through zinc iodide electrolyte in flow cell battery
•	Refined approach to significantly reduce interference in the transfer of product 
•	Submitted patent for devices and methods for data communication and sensing

### Researcher @ Robotics in Groups Laboratory
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Ithaca, New York Area
•	Shifted project scope from a slow Arduino-based drawing system to use an extremely fast and accurate robot arm system 
•	Designed, prototyped, and 3D printed a custom end effector to the robot arm which holds onto a dry erase marker which draws on the wall
•	Utilized technical support and referenced application manual to learn and program robot from the ground up 
•	Programmed a successful robot interface allowing users to draw images on a tablet, resulting in the robot mirroring drawings onto any surface

### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ Zymtronix
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Ithaca, New York
•	Designed and built scalable and modular enzymatic reactor system and successfully tested the product at current scale
•	Created a printable plastic blend which gives both hygroscopic properties while being printable and attained solid material properties

### Business Development Intern @ Zymtronix
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Ithaca, New York
•	Determined market entry points for two new products to validate market viability
•	Worked with CEO to determine innovating and profitable markets

### Teaching Assistant @ Cornell University
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Ithaca, New York Area
Lead recitation and office hours for Statics and Mechanics of Solids

### Mechatronics Intern @ ASML
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Wilton, Connecticut
•	Utilized Siemens NX to complete FEA on a support plate under extreme vacuum
•	Recorded manufacturing inefficiencies and presented solutions to management
•	Increased performance of a kinematic mount by injection molding, leading to savings by a factor of 10

### Controls Intern @ TAIT Towers
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Lititz, Pennsylvania
•Gained hands-on experience with electrical panels and schematics
•Created electronic control systems from schematics (Beckhoff systems, Emerson drives)
•Communicated with other engineers with design of electrical systems
•Improved valuable experience in fabrication (electrical systems, welding, machining)

### Mechanical Design Intern @ TAIT Towers
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Lititz, Pennsylvania
•Designed, detailed, and published parts and equipment in AutoCAD for in-house fabrication
•Conducted weight and stress analysis from moving structures
•Worked with fabricators to learn to better design parts for ease of assembly/welding
•Obtained valuable experience in fabrication (welding, lathe, CNC, assembly)


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
Cornell University

### Master's degree in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/matthewrdaniel

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Last updated: 2026-03-31