KC3WNY SYSTEMS
PERSONNEL REPORT 001
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
NAME:
Mason Matich
UNIVERSITY:
Stanford University
EMPLOYEE ID:
AE-2024-0042
MAJOR:
Mechanical Engineering
CONTACT INFORMATION
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Mechanical Engineering student at Stanford University with hobbyist, academic, and professional experience in motor control, embedded systems, satellite bus development, and RF systems. I'm interested in spacecraft engineering, deployable structures, defense-tech, and ground control systems.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Space Systems Intern
Advanced Electro-Optical Systems (G99) - MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
Jun 2024 – Aug 2024
- Contributed to an interdisciplinary group focusing on rapidly developing and field-testing innovative sensor systems for persistent surveillance in space and on Earth.
- Designed and built prototypes involving electro-optics, infrared sensors, novel focal plane arrays, embedded processors, and image processing technologies.
- Contributed to motion control tasks related to a satellite camera focus mechanism.
Mission Control Lead
Stanford Student Space Initiative – Satellites Team, Stanford, CA
Sep 2023 – Present
- Manage all command and control (C2) tasks, including ground control systems, satellite health monitoring, orbit tasking, and telemetry and mission data storage/processing.
- Design and deploy a 2400 MHz S-band ground station for high-speed photo downlink.
- Improve reliability of the UHF ground station and develop the ground control and data storage architecture.
Structures CoLead
Stanford Student Space Initiative – Satellites Team, Stanford, CA
Sep 2023 – Present
- Lead development of bus systems, heat management structures, camera baffles, deployables, and satellite integration/assembly.
- Redesigned bus components for laser cutting and designed/manufactured hinges for the double-fold solar array using CNC milling and metal 3D printing.
Vice-President
W6YX Radio Club, Stanford, CA
Sep 2023 – Present
- Manage, maintain, and improve W6YX facilities for community outreach.
- Lead workshops and FCC licensing classes to improve technical knowledge of the Stanford community in radio technology.
- Focus on enhancing the club's technical expertise in digital and satellite radio communication.
KEY SKILLS
CAD
- Fusion360
- SolidWorks
- KiCad
Programming
- Simulink
- MatLab
- Python
- Git
Prototyping
- Additive Manufacturing
- CNC Milling
- Motor Control
- Soldering (SMD/THT)
- Circuit Debugging
- Real-Time Microcontrollers
- Embedded systems (Arduino/RP2040)
- UART/i2c/SPI
Amateur Radio
- Amateur Extra Class
- LoRa SatCom
- Mesh Networks
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