Ray Sykes
Senior Mechanical Engineer at Various
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolRay Sykes is a Senior Mechanical Engineer in San Francisco with 12 years of hands-on experience designing and building complex electromechanical systems, test equipment, and manufacturing fixtures. He excels at multidisciplinary projects that require concurrent mechanical, thermal, electrical, and software considerations, and has led design-through-manufacture efforts at Zendar while coordinating cross-functional teams. Ray's background ranges from precision camera production and factory tooling to large kinetic art and shop management, giving him a rare blend of production discipline, structural and thermal insight, and practical fabrication skills. Comfortable in small, flexible companies, he combines field experience with formal civil engineering training from USC and a knack for teaching technical skills—often training volunteers and shop users in CNC, electronics, and welding.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Civil Engineering, BS, Civil Engineering at USC
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Github Skills (9)
curses6
sqlite6
dictionary6
controller6
python6
wxpython6
gcode3
3d-printing3
cnc-controller3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
waywardengineer/boxShop
May 2016 - Mar 2021
Contributions:11 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 11 months
waywardengineer/shapeGen
Sep 2014 - Jul 2020
Contributions:1 release, 36 commits, 9 pushes in 5 years 11 months
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