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Sebastian Esteva, a portrait that dissolves into a mosaic built from small objects, with a VR headset over one eye; the mosaic image was made with Gemini

Sebastian Esteva

Bringing wonder through technology.

Engineer.
Communicator.
Builder.

I bring three core strengths to any team: an interdisciplinary skill set spanning engineering, human performance, and design (systems, community, and product alike); a deep curiosity that drives me to understand complex problems from every angle; and strong communication skills developed through hands-on experience.

Two things pulled me toward engineering early on. The first was my grandfather, a world-traveled engineer back in Mexico I mostly knew through family stories, which gave the word "engineer" a kind of mystery. Every time I built a paper airplane or clicked together magnetic toys as a kid, that connection came up: he was an engineer too.

The second was fantasy: Percy Jackson, Avatar: The Last Airbender, any world built on magic. I knew I'd never actually bend water or meet a demigod, but I realized I could build things that captured that same sense of wonder. That's still what drives me today.

Whether it's a physical object, a community, or a system, I'm always looking for the next thing worth making.

Education Stanford University
Degrees BS Biomechanical Engineering · MA Media Communications (in progress). Stanford's Biomechanical Engineering program is essentially its Biomedical Engineering degree.
Location Stanford, CA
Languages English (Native) · Spanish (Fluent)
Skills Engineering · Communication · Strategy · VR
Technical Fusion 360 · Cinematography · CAD · Photography · Rapid Prototyping & Additive Manufacturing · Video Editing · FEA · VR/AR Hardware (Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest, HTC Vive, Snap Spectacles) · Canva
Professional Project & Event Management · Writing · Public Speaking · Brand Development · Content Strategy · Community Building · Collaboration · Market & Partnership Research
Hobbies Aikido (Black Belt) · Film · Climbing

Selected
projects.

Finished cast sterling silver pendant on a chain, engraved with the name Sebastian, photographed on a white background ↗

Graduation Pendant

Silver · Metalworking · Design
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The Slip Door

Accessibility · Volkswagen
Close-up of the Bastón folded ↗

Bastón

Woodworking · Metalworking
Time Collector kinetic clock gear train and marble mechanism ↗

Time Collector

Kinetic Sculpture

Let's build
something
together.

sesteva@stanford.edu LinkedIn
Sebastian Esteva, head-and-shoulders portrait in a cream polo shirt against a pale grey backdrop Sebastian Esteva holding up a tall tower built only from paper and tape, at a dorm build night he ran as a resident assistant Sebastian Esteva presenting at the head of a long table lined with hot sauce bottles, at an Explore Energy community night Sebastian Esteva and five others in a group selfie at the Stanford d.school codesign sprint, a whiteboard behind them Sebastian Esteva and a table of visiting graduate students sharing pizza outdoors on a sunny afternoon Selfie with two teammates around the half-built wooden frame of the Slip Door prototype
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