About Us

Engineers
Expert
Innovators
World-Class

Based in California, our team’s instruments are orbiting Earth and on the surface of Mars. With decades of sensor innovation and dozens of space missions behind us, we’re building the future of vision infrastructure for our world!

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Leadership
Position
Vishnu Sridhar
Chief Executive Officer
Tom Chrien
Technical Director
Eric Moskun
Director of R&D
Scotty Gilmore
Director of Sensors
Timothy Clark
Director of Programs
Advisor
Position
Vicki Cheung
Software Advisor
Soren Madsen
Engineering Advisor
Mike Swartz
Design Advisor
Zack Kass
Former Head of GTM, OpenAI
Kailesh Karavadra
Ret. Senior Executive, E&Y
Haden Kirkpatrick
Leader in Insurtech
Roger Teague
Ret. United States Air Force Major General
Core Team
Position
Nimrod Carmon
Invented Shape-from-Spectra topographic mapping method, develops Matter's ML and image processing
Principal Scientist
Rob Royce
NASA Honor Award recipient for AI development, featured on StarTalk demonstrating robotic exploration
Principal Software Engineer
Matthew Stein
Manages engineering operations for Matter's EARTH-1 satellite program and delivery
Dept Program Manager
Peter Vanecek
Designed image processor operating at -55°C at 70,000 feet, witnessed Harrison Ford crash
Principal Electrical Engineer
Karl Yee
NASA Honor Medal recipient for advanced sensor design and microfabrication, passionate salsa dancer
Matter Engineering Fellow
Chris Chovit
Led NASA AVIRIS calibration and operations, calibrated Mars Pathfinder's IMP camera
Lead Payload System Engineer
Victor White
Created Black Silicon at NASA JPL with nanometer precision, manages California olive ranch
Matter Engineering Fellow
Ben Worker
US Air Force Military Scientist of Year, managed 70+ satellites, Lieutenant Colonel Reserves
Program Manager
Marcel Schoppers
Led NASA software for Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, speaks multiple languages fluently
Flight Software Director
Apostolos Deslis
Creates engineering drawings and simulations for Matter's advanced optical systems
Principal Optics Designer
Carlos Peralta
Expert in space analog electronics design, specializing in power modules
Principal Electrical Engineer
Clay Sader
Founding Palantir BizOps, COO at Zenysis, led polio eradication data team, Burning Man artist
Business Operations
Duane Dier
Program Manager at Boeing's Millennium Space Systems, passionate about people-focused aerospace leadership
Spacecraft Contracts Lead
John Davis
Subject matter expert for sensor programatics and technical strategy development
Sensors SME
Gregory Lloyd
Founding member of Google Maps enterprise sales team, secures customer contracts and LOIs
Business Development
Dmitry Menon
Developed Google Maps pricing strategy, guided high-profile VR hardware launches at Meta
Pricing Strategy
Jasmine Passade
Designed radar systems for military use in Egypt, the UK and Poland. Creates pottery on a wheel.
Electrical Engineer
Clayton Williams
Sent two rovers to Mars at NASA JPL, built a robotic bartender as a hobby project
Flight Software Engineer
Jacob Kuhlmann
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Mechanical Engineer
Chuck Sarture
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Airborne Sensor and Program Development
Jason Mello
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U.S. Government Partnerships
Pantazis Mouroulis (Zakos)
Designed every NASA spectrometer for 40 years at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Chief Optical Designer
Selina Hayes
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U.S. Government Partnerships & Mining BD

Current Openings

Applied AI Engineer - Internal
Data/ML Infrastructure Engineer
Deployment Strategist - Frontier Customers
Early Career Systems Engineer
Early Career Test Engineer - Sensors
Electrical Engineer (Mid-level)
Electrical Engineer (Mid-level)
Electro Mechanical Technician
Hyperspectral UAV Pilot
Junior Geospatial Data Scientist (Pipeline & Algorithm Focus)
Lead Assembly, Integration and Test Engineer
Senior Geospatial Scientist
Senior Optical System Engineer
Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer
Senior Systems Engineer
Senior Thermal Engineer
Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Test Engineer