Recruiter brief

Mateo Otero-Diaz

I'm a Latino mechanical engineer who builds systems for deployable space telescopes and national intelligence satellites.

Experience

  • Currently building Iron Swarm (ironswarm.net) — the drone autonomy software stack and the ML models that power it. Backed by 1517.
  • Worked on mounting systems for satellite subsystems and optimized gear trains for deployable telescopes at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC-5500/5470).
  • Continuing that trajectory at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, obtaining a Secret-level security clearance with a Top-Secret/SCI process to follow.
  • Recipient of the DoD SMART Scholarship-for-Service (~8% acceptance rate), sponsored by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
  • Built and won at Cal Hacks, YHack, and Founders Inc; sharpened venture instincts through STARTMIT, the Babson Generator, and YC Startup School.

Selected work

NASA ExperienceSpace BlanketSolarSURFERDisc CleanerMIT Lincoln LabMars to TableCanyon Endurace