Matthew Burton

Matthew Burton has a strong background in embedded software engineering. Matthew is currently employed as an Embedded Software Engineer at Zipline, starting in December 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Tesla from 2018 to 2022, where they started as a Software Engineer and later became a Sr. Software Engineer. During their time at Tesla, Matthew led firmware development for power converters and was responsible for firmware architecture, board bring-up, and schematic review. Matthew also owned firmware development and design of critical DCDC converters, including drivers, application logic, interface, and diagnostics. Matthew's high reliability and performance in this role resulted in the converter being used across multiple Tesla products.

Before joining Tesla, Matthew worked at Motiv Power Systems as an Embedded Software Engineer and Embedded Software Test Engineer from 2016 to 2018. At Motiv, they developed safety-critical software and implemented emergency parking brake modules. Matthew also contributed to engineering design and peer code reviews.

Matthew also gained experience as an Applications Engineering Intern at Linear Technology in 2015, where they evaluated new topologies and developed protection circuits for battery balancing ICs. Matthew also worked as a Research Assistant at Dartmouth College and held various roles at Keewaydin Camp, Colby College, and Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth.

Overall, Matthew Burton has a diverse range of experience in embedded software engineering and has demonstrated expertise in firmware development and design.

Matthew Burton pursued a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Mathematics from Colby College, which they attended from 2010 to 2014. After completing their undergraduate studies, they enrolled in Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, where they earned a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering between 2012 and 2015.