Jonathan Sauder received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Bradley University, Peoria, IL, USA, in 2009 and the M.S. degree in product development engineering and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, in 2011 and 2013, respectively. He was involved in research and development roles for companies including Mattel, Microsoft, Monsanto, and technology startups. He began his career at JPL, Pasadena, CA, in 2014 as a Technologist. He was the Mechanical Engineering Lead on the RainCube Spacecraft and responsible for infusing a new antenna technology, taking it from prototype to flight. He is currently a Senior Mechatronics Engineer with the Technology Infusion Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which seeks to bridge the technology readiness level (TRL) “valley of death” for innovative concepts. He is the Principle Investigator on a Phase I and Phase II NIAC study “Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments” and several deployable antenna research projects and also an Inventor of several patent pending deployable antennas. He is also a member of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) Mechanical Systems Technical Discipline Teams (TDT) and a Lecturer of advanced mechanical design with the University of Southern California.