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.
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Founder at SteinmetzYC W25
Intro paths
Ethan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Steinmetz's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Ethan can intro founders to Steinmetz's investors below.
Steinmetz's investors Β· 5
Co-founders at Steinmetz
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
Education
- University of WaterlooBachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Mechatronics Engineering2019 β 2024
- Iroqouis Ridge High SchoolOSSD2015 β 2019
Skills & more
- 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
From Ethan's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of Waterloo206
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Shared employers
Also worked at Steinmetz1
Also worked at Neuralink13
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Also worked at Tesla93
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