Kyle Shields
Senior Mechanical Engineer - Motors at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKyle Shields is a Senior Mechanical Engineer focused on motor design with a decade of hands-on experience driving next-generation cordless power tool performance at Stanley Black & Decker. A Virginia Tech mechanical engineering graduate, he specializes in designing, prototyping, and validating compact high-performance motors through simulation, stack-ups, and rapid prototype builds. His background spans manufacturing engineering and fiber-optic tooling, giving him a practical edge in industrializing designs and integrating controls and safety into hardware. Comfortable moving between CAD-driven design and shop-floor validation, he’s known for pushing mechanical and electrical limits to keep products competitive in fast-moving markets. Outside engineering, Kyle’s past work as a professional musician hints at a collaborative, performance-minded approach to team-driven projects.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech
Github Skills (1)
python5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
FluidSedDynamics/AGS-StromEtal2010
Aug 2017 - Sep 2021
Contributions:1 release, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
Floc-Imaging-and-Image-Processing/FlocCam-ImageProcessing
May 2023 - Oct 2024
Contributions:2 releases, 1 PR, 20 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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