I'm Kenji, I'm currently a mechanical engineering student seeking to work in the aerospace industry. I seek great challenges to strengthen my engineering skills.

I have always been fascinated by excellent machines, by spaceflight, and by the idea of exploring beautiful new frontiers.

I work inward from fundamentals: physics and craftsmanship, honing these through a wide range of projects.

SpaceX

From September–December 2025, I worked as an engineering intern designing Ground Support Equipment (GSE) for Falcon 9.

I learned to define requirements, reason from fundamentals, and gained respect for the depth of mechanical engineering. As part of this internship, I:

• Designed and analyzed a mobile cleanroom closeout required to survive highway speeds and hurricane conditions
• Developed a design for a large weldment used to simulate cargo loading operations
• Conducted proof operations and managed outsourcing of fabrication for various tooling
• Designed and protoyped tooling for cleanroom operations

The Boring Company

At The Boring Company, I worked on upgrades of tunnel boring machines and development of hardware for a new machine. My tasks included:

• Assessing and developing a design for a water and air based cooling system
• Designing brackets and airtight doors, taking into account the constraints of working with HV systems in a damp environment
• Designing and analyzing a lift beam for transporting heavy components

K-Scale Labs

K-Scale Labs was a startup which developed foundation models for humanoid robots, using a low cost, open source hardware platform for training. At K-Scale, I had the opportunity to design several humanoid robots.

K-Scale is no longer operating, but living and working with the team gave me a new appreciation for the challenges of running a startup, and for the power of software and hardware working in concert.

Jergens, Inc.

Jergens Manufacturing is a manufacturer in Cleveland which produces a variety of innovative tooling, custom fasteners and most famously, the ever-sastisfying Kwik-Lok pin. I had the opportunity to work at Jergens as a manufacturing engineering intern. I learned from engineers, CNC programmers and machinists alike about what goes into making quality parts in America.

• I conducted cost analysis to improve the company's fastener supply chain
• I designed new tooling for crimping of Kwik-Lok pin spindles
• I learned the basics of GD&T while editing product drawings

Outside engineering, I study philosophy and history to understand what is worth building in the first place.

I am particularly interested in autonomous buildings and intentional communities, on Earth and beyond.

The Open Source Ecology Campus is the closest thing I've found the a reflection of this vision:

Principles

• The promised future is here
• Listen to people who have actually built things
• Heroes seek responsibility, not glory
• Build as much as you read

Inspirations

• Thomas L. Kane
• Frank Furness
• Richard Buckminster Fuller
• John P. Allen
• Forrest Bird
• Burt Rutan