Nathan Spielberg
Startup Co-Founder and CTO | ex-Motional | Stanford Ph.D. AI/ML for Self Driving | MIT S.B. MechE
Boston, Massachusetts
Skills
Education
- SU
- MI
Work Experience
2024
Co-Founder and CTO
2024
Co-founding a startup that leverages recent advances in AI in the SaaS space.
Head Luthier
2021
I design and build electric guitars from scratch. Find me @spielberg_guitars on Instagram
2021 - 2023
Senior Machine Learning, Controls, Motion Planning Engineer
2021 - 2023
Conceptualization, design and implementation (C++ and Python) of next generation trajectory optimization and control approaches on Motional's automated vehicles in the Lyft + Uber Network
2015 - 2021
SGF/NSF Graduate Research Fellow
2015 - 2021
Dynamic Design Lab (PI: Chris Gerdes) Designed and implemented methods for automated race cars to leverage machine learning control strategies. Published my works in Science Robotics, challenged professional drivers, and tested my research in the Arctic Circle.
2014 - 2015
Co-Founder
2014 - 2015
Designed from scratch and launched an iphone battery case on Kickstarter (Kickstarter Featured Product/ >380 backers/ >$60k raised). Travelled to Shenzhen, China to set up our manufacturing operations.
2014 - 2015
Undergraduate Research Assistant
2014 - 2015
Mechanosynthesis Group Designed and tested an inverse stereolithography system for micro-scale patterning of cells in microfluidic devices.
2014 - 2014
Mechanical Engineering Intern
2014 - 2014
Designed and implemented hardware and software for robotic arm multi-material graded freeform 3d printing.
2012 - 2014
Undergraduate Research Assistant
2012 - 2014
Designed electronics, hardware, and controls for automated 3D printing of houses using a hydraulic boom truck.
2013 - 2013
Mechanical Engineering Intern
2013 - 2013
Early stage intern, worked on Form 1 printer Designed tooling to estimate print forces
2010 - 2010
Summer Intern
2010 - 2010
Breakefield Laboratory, researching underlying causes for Dystonia (brother's disease)