Rachel Shaffer
Product Design Engineer (Mechanical Engineer) at Meta
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRachel Shaffer is a Product Design Engineer with nine years of mechanical engineering experience designing consumer and medical-grade hardware from concept through manufacture. She has driven end-to-end mechanical design at Microsoft—owning hinge and kickstand systems for Surface Pro and camera subsystems for foldables—and now applies that product-focused rigor at Meta. Her background spans sourcing and DFX roles where she optimized manufacturability, cost, and metrology choices, giving her a rare blend of design intent and production pragmatism. Early work in surgical prototyping and locomotive controls shows she translates complex user and system requirements into validated hardware and test protocols. Visit her portfolio for photos and videos that highlight hands-on prototyping and robotics work that complement her CAD and manufacturing expertise.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (44)
cloud-computing10
windows10
linux10
dotnet10
react-component10
jupyter9
microsoft9
electron9
react-components9
web-components9
notebook9
typescript9
visual-studio9
nodejs9
react9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
rachelgshaffer/nodejstools
Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
Node.js Tools for Visual Studio
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 7 branches in 2 months
node-jsnodejsjs-toolsvisual-studio
rachelgshaffer/AzureFilesFUSE
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019
I wanted to be able to use Shared Access Signature (SAS) Tokens for connecting to file shares. Microsoft Azure Files provides CIFS/SMB mounting but, unfortunately, only mounting via Account Key is supported.
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 5 branches in 1 month
tokenssassignatureaccountazure-files
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