Mathew Gardiner

Experience

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  St Andrew's Cathedral School

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2015

  Responsible for leading groups of up to 16 students from grades three to ten on multi-day wilderness expeditions (hike or canoe) or site based camps. Responsibilities were student safety and first aid, teaching camp craft and outdoors skills, facilitating canoeing/abseiling sessions, and group facilitation (debriefs, conflict resolution). An outdoor education traineeship based on a property in the Southern Highlands. Assistant group lead on a variety of expedition based programs, including hiking, canoeing, mountain biking, white water rafting, back-country skiing and horse riding. Responsibilities included assisting with the group, facilitating activities, and managing the gear storage facility. Received a Certificate III in outdoor recreation as part of the formal training.

  • Outdoor Education Casual Group Leader

    Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

  • Outdoor Education Trainee

    Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
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  University of Sydney

  Jan 2015 - Jun 2018

  Casual Academic Tutor

  Casual tutor for ENGG1801 Engineering Computing, a first year course teaching Excel and Matlab, and AMME3500 Systems Dynamics and Control. I was responsible for preparing and running two or three hour tutorials and labs, preparing problem sets and worked examples, and marking assessments.

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  AIAA University of Sydney Student Branch

  Nov 2015 - Oct 2017

  As Chair of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics University of Sydney Student Branch (AIAA USSB) I lead the team of committee members working together to achieve the goals of the society. Representing the AIAA members at the University of Sydney, I am responsible for liaising with students and professionals alike, whilst also reporting to the faculty adviser and chair of the AIAA Sydney Section. The team I lead is responsible for managing finances and organising activities including social events, talks from professionals, and events such as our Student Industry Networking Night and Canberra Tour. Show less

  • Chair

    Nov 2016 - Oct 2017

  • Secretary

    Nov 2015 - Oct 2016
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  Australian Youth Aerospace Association (AYAA)

  Jan 2016 - Jul 2016

  Aerospace Futures Vice Chair

  Member of the organising committee for the Aerospace Futures 2016 conference in Sydney. Aerospace Futures is a three day conference aimed at connecting professionals and students in the aerospace industry.

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  Shoal Group Pty Ltd

  Nov 2016 - Apr 2024

  At Shoal, I was a member of the Decision Support Analytics team and was involved in a number of roles for various Defence, space, and commercial clients. A primary focus of my time at Shoal was been the development of high-fidelity kinematic models of weapon systems using MATLAB, Simulink, and C++. I also contributed to various range safety analysis projects, where I developed a quantitative risk analysis toolkit, performed analysis to support JAXA's Hayabusa2 mission on behalf of the Australian Space Agency, and led a project to prototype analysis methods for Unmanned Aerial System range safety Show less

  • Engineer

    Apr 2019 - Apr 2024

  • Engineering Intern

    Nov 2016 - Apr 2019
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  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  Jul 2018 - Jan 2019

  Visiting Student Researcher

  I spent seven months at JPL under the JPL Visiting Student Researcher Program while completing my honours thesis. As part of the Tango on Racing Quadcopters (TORQ) program, I developed a novel trajectory optimization algorithm for aerobatic quadrotor flight. I also contributed to C++ and Python software development for quadrotor GNC.

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  Anduril Industries

  Apr 2024 - now

  GNC Engineer