About
Ethan Childerhose is co-founder and CTO at Steinmetz, with prior experience in hardware engineering roles at Rocket Lab, Nvidia, Tesla, and Neuralink, spanning analog circuit design through mechanical testing systems.
Founder at SteinmetzYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Ethan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. β the partner who ran Steinmetz's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Ethan can intro founders to Steinmetz's investors below.
Steinmetz's investors Β· 5
Co-founders at Steinmetz
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Owen BrakeFounder
Experience
- SteinmetzChief Technology Officercurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- NeuralinkSoC Design and Verification Engineer2024 β 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- NeuralinkAnalog IC Design Engineer2023San Francisco Bay Area
- TeslaElectrical Engineering Design2022Palo Alto, California, United States
- NeuralinkDigital IC Design Engineer2022San Francisco Bay Area
- NVIDIAASIC Design Engineer2021Santa Clara, California, United States
- Gastronomous TechnologiesMechatronics Engineer2020 β 2021Oakville, Ontario, Canada
- Canadensys Aerospace CorporationAerospace Engineering Intern2020
- Canadensys Aerospace CorporationAerospace Engineering Intern2020Toronto, Canada Area
- MAG-ZMechatronics Engineering Intern2019Toronto, Canada
- Rocket LabEngineering Intern2019Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Inovex Inc.Junior Software Developer2019Ontario, Canada
- Seneca's Centre for Development of Open Technology (CDOT)Summer Intern2017Toronto, Canada Area
Skills & more
SolidWorks12Linux8SOLIDWORKS2CAD6Sigasi Studio1Teamwork13Leadership11
- Certified SolidWorks Professional for Advanced Surfacing β SolidWorks Authorized Training Centre
- Certified SolidWorks Professional for Advanced Sheet Metal β SolidWorks Authorized Training Centre
- Certified SolidWorks Professional for Advanced Weldments β SolidWorks Authorized Training Centre
- Certified SolidWorks Professional for Advanced Drawings β SolidWorks Authorized Training Centre
- Certified SolidWorks Expert for Mechanical Design β SolidWorks Authorized Training Centre
- SolidWorks Certified Professional for Mechanical Design β SolidWorks Authorized Training Centre
- SolidWorks Certified Associate for Mechanical Design β SolidWorks Authorized Training Centre
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ethan Childerhose?
- Ethan Childerhose is co-founder and CTO at Steinmetz, with prior experience in hardware engineering roles at Rocket Lab, Nvidia, Tesla, and Neuralink, spanning analog circuit design through mechanical testing systems.
- Where does Ethan Childerhose work?
- Ethan Childerhose is Founder of Steinmetz.
- What companies did Ethan Childerhose found?
- Ethan Childerhose founded Steinmetz.
- Where did Ethan Childerhose go to school?
- Ethan Childerhose studied at University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Mechatronics Engineering); Iroqouis Ridge High School (OSSD).
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