Shane Kent
Lead Staff Electrical Engineer at Electron Shepherd LLC
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolShane Kent is a Lead Staff Electrical Engineer based in San Francisco with 12 years of hands-on experience designing medical and robotic systems, driving projects from PCB layout to regulatory submission. He combines a Computer Engineering background (Cal Poly, Summa Cum Laude) with deep practical expertise in Altium, manufacturability, and IEC/FDA compliance, having supported FDA approval activities and emissions/immunity testing. Shane has progressed through technical and leadership roles at Auris/J&J and now leads electrical engineering at Mendaera while running his own consulting company, demonstrating both startup agility and enterprise-scale system integration. He’s comfortable across hardware, firmware, and system-level requirements—often acting as the cross-functional bridge between mechanical, software, and manufacturing teams. Known as a fast learner and steady problem-solver, he’s repeatedly delivered rushed, high-stakes prototypes and production handoffs under tight timelines. An interesting detail: alongside corporate roles he founded an education startup and has mentored high school robotics teams, reflecting sustained entrepreneurial and mentoring instincts.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Github Skills (27)
xilinx9
sega-genesis9
zynq9
680009
megadrive9
microchip8
vivado8
lattice8
converter8
vlsi8
altium-designer7
kicad7
vhdl7
yosys7
fpga7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ShaneKent/CPE-102-Assignment
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:25 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 22 days
ShaneKent/5x21-LED-Matrix-with-4x-74HC595-Shift-Registers
Jan 2014 - Jun 2015
Contributions:5 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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