Kiran Shila
Research Engineer at Caltech
Pasadena, California, United States
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Top SchoolKiran Shila is a research engineer based in Pasadena with a decade of hands-on experience designing RF, microwave, and mm-wave instrumentation for radio astronomy and scientific platforms. Currently at Caltech building state-of-the-art instrumentation for the DSA2000, he combines deep hardware expertise—LNAs, cryogenics, antenna arrays and PCB fabrication—with software and DevOps skills demonstrated through cross-platform packaging contributions to the JuliaPackaging/Yggdrasil ecosystem. His academic track includes a Caltech PhD in EE and a spotless academic record at USF, and his background spans NASA, MITRE, and startup founding, showing comfort moving between research labs, government centers, and product-focused teams. Kiran’s work uniquely bridges embedded systems and scientific computing, enabling reproducible builds and reliable instrumentation for large-scale observatories. He brings a pragmatic problem-solving drive aimed at big-impact goals like low-carbon tech and space exploration, plus an uncommon mix of teaching, band directing, and entrepreneurship that sharpens communication and leadership.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's of Science (MS), Electrical Engineering, 4.0, Master's of Science (MS), Electrical Engineering, 4.0 at University of South FloridaCalifornia Institute of TechnologyHigh School Dipolma, High School, High School Dipolma, High School at Steinbrenner High School
English, Russian
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Github Skills (16)
cross-compiling10
pbuilder10
cmake10
package-management10
crossbuild10
julia10
linux9
mson9
mesonbuild9
c-language8
build-automation8
cprogramming-language8
git7
clojure6
clojurescript6
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
JuliaPackaging/Yggdrasil
Nov 2021 - Aug 2022
Collection of builder repositories for BinaryBuilder.jl
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:16 reviews, 8 commits, 11 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Kiran primarily contributes to building and packaging software for various platforms within the BinaryBuilder.jl ecosystem. This includes creating recipes for new packages, such as NOVAS and casacore, which involves integrating external libraries and configuring build processes. They are also focused on managing dependencies, platform compatibility, and build configurations, ensuring the successful cross-platform compilation of software components.
repositoriesbinarybuildermonorepobuilderjulia
kiranshila/tftp_client
Aug 2023 - Jan 2025
A rust library to act as a tftp_client
Contributions:1 release, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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