Patrick Dotson

Patrick Dotson is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Synnax, a hardware development software startup based in San Francisco, California. Prior to establishing the Y Combinator-backed company in 2022, he worked as an engineer at SpaceX, where he contributed to the development of propulsion systems for the Starship program. Dotson holds a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan, providing a technical foundation for his dual expertise in hardware and software engineering. At Synnax, he oversees operations for a platform that delivers unified control and sensor data processing solutions, helping the startup generate a reported $600,000 in revenue. He officially joined forces with his co-founders in early 2024 to scale the business across the aerospace sector. His current focus centers on building infrastructure that accelerates testing and data analysis for high-cadence hardware engineering teams.