Jonathan "JMill" Miller is a Program Engineer and Lecturer in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering, at MIT since 2016 and in a staff and teaching role since 2018. He works with the Lab for Translational Engineering and MIT Mission Innovation, leads the Dual-Use Ventures course, co-instructs 2.s988 Translational Engineering, and created Confronting Unknowns, MIT's first course in sensemaking; its inaugural cohort ran in January 2026. He is Founding General Partner of WFS (2004-present) and a Doctor of Engineering candidate at Penn State. He has founded multiple companies; several were acquired. He was previously Technology Principal at Airbus Ventures ($300MM+ AUM) and served on Alphabet X's Rapid Evaluation Team. His work is patented, with additional patents pending, and he co-authored papers in Science Translational Medicine and PNAS. He co-hosts the Tough Tech Today podcast and publishes The End Effector.
