Patrick Shields
Software And Electrical Engineer at Random Wire Technologies, LLC
Westford, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolPatrick Shields is a pragmatic software and electrical engineer with 12 years of embedded and firmware experience, currently running Random Wire Technologies to help startups deliver lean, web-enabled hardware solutions. He blends hands-on microcontroller and motor-control expertise (Atmel, TI, STM, AVR32) with full-stack web and database skills (PHP, Perl, JavaScript, MySQL/MSSQL), enabling end-to-end product delivery from firmware to cloud-backed access control systems. Patrick has led firmware efforts at iRobot and Onion Corporation and built a commercial web-based access control product, demonstrating both engineering depth and product-focused entrepreneurship. Known for quickly picking up new languages and tools, he treats technologies as interchangeable tools in a toolbox and routinely builds custom debug and bootloader utilities to accelerate development. Based in Westford, MA, he prioritizes efficiency and minimizing waste, favoring pragmatic open-source-driven solutions for constrained hardware projects.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE, Electrical Engineering, BSEE, Electrical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteHigh School Diploma, High School, High School Diploma, High School at Paideia School
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Github Skills (43)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
RandomWireTechnologies/ctrl-o-node
Oct 2014 - Mar 2017
Contributions:48 commits, 20 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 5 months
RandomWireTechnologies/ctrl-o-server
Nov 2014 - Mar 2017
Contributions:116 commits, 2 PRs, 97 pushes in 2 years 4 months
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