Kyle Sha
Software Developer at UW-Madison Simulation Based Engineering Lab (SBEL)
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKyle Sha is a robotics-focused software engineer and rising BS candidate in Computer Science and Mathematics at UW–Madison with 12 years of technical experience spanning simulation, controls, and full-stack systems. He currently contributes to Tesla’s Optimus physics engine while driving open-source teleoperated driving simulation features and neural-network latency compensation at UW’s SBEL. His work has moved from secure, production-grade DoD APIs and enterprise GIS platforms to building MPC controllers and A* ROS2 navigation services for autonomous vehicles, showing a rare blend of safety-conscious backend engineering and real-time controls expertise. Kyle has shipped infrastructure and data platforms (Terraform, CI/CD, RBAC/SSO) that saved engineering hours and implemented precise RTK GNSS integration for rover localization, evidencing both systems-level thinking and hardware-aware software. Outside typical internships, he led controls for a competitive autonomous team modeling 14 DOF vehicle dynamics and fault injection, demonstrating hands-on validation from SIL to real-world testing.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-MadisonHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS)
Chinese, Spanish, English
Github Skills (58)
ports10
command-line10
manifest9
windows9
mdt9
checker9
windows-service9
macos9
package-manager9
powershell9
linux8
stock8
winget8
microsoft8
daemon7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
vulpicastor/macports-ports
Aug 2018 - Nov 2019
The MacPorts ports tree
Contributions:7 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 2 months
portsmacosmacports-portsmacports
vulpicastor/advent-of-code-2020
Dec 2020 - Dec 2021
Contributions:36 pushes in 1 year
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