About
A NASA-trained engineer building production-grade tools and parts.
Matthew Vaerewyck founded Pathfinder Labs after leading AI-infused generative design and automation programs across spacecraft and advanced engineering domains, including work at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Pathfinder Labs focuses on practical, production-ready engineering output: LLM-powered design assistants, computer vision for inspection, topology optimization for mechanical and optomechanical parts, and data pipelines that connect CAD/PLM with test systems.
Every engagement ships production-ready output — a machined part, a working add-in, a running pipeline — not a pure consulting deliverable.
Generative Design
Topology-optimized parts, 5× lighter and up to 6× stiffer, machined and flown.
Learn more →Workflow Automation
Add-ins and pipelines for Onshape, Fusion 360, SolidWorks and Synera, plus AI for engineering teams.
Learn more →Software
Marketplace add-ins for Synera, custom add-in development, AI copilots.
Learn more →Partnering, teaming, or IR&D?
Pathfinder Labs works with primes, labs, and engineering orgs on specific generative-design and automation scopes.