# Kenyon D.

> Software Engineer at Lila Sciences

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kenyon

I am a dynamic engineer looking for technical or management roles. With a broad skill set, I seek to elevate a project in the automotive, aerospace, or medical device industry.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Lila Sciences
Jan 2025 – Present | Boston, Massachusetts, United States

### Software Engineer @ Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025
- Built backend and frontend for web-based robotic planning software using React, Typescript, FastAPI, and Postgres for integrated lab automation platform
- Implemented several python based OPC-UA drivers within multi workcell system to automate full biological experiments 
- Integrated centralized data pipeline via Kafka stream for discrete tracking of millions of liquid handler events
- Coordinated development, troubleshooting, and deployment of ROS based cell pick and place instrumentation
- Worked within modern software stack leveraging Git, Node.js, Docker, AWS, and other key tools

### Automation Engineer @ Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Lead full-stack development of flexible experiment execution software that enabled 1000+ unique experiments per month across 50+ automated liquid handlers 
• Implemented automated unit testing and CI/CD pipelines for robotic hardware that reduced deployments from days to minutes
• Created metric dashboards in Tableau for visualization instrument, feature, and consumable usage data
• Developed software and hardware for custom automated calibration routine that reduced positional teaching time by 75%
• Collaborated with biologists, engineers, and external stakeholders to deliver high value projects

### Associate Engineer @ SpaceX
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Redmond, Washington, United States
Manufacturing Engineer for Satellite Production
•	Managed 1/7th of production floor at largest satellite manufacturer in the world
•	Coordinated and implemented engineering, tooling, and testing changes to prepare for 33% overall throughput increase 
•	Created SQL scripts to track progress of assemblies, visualize factory flow, and benchmark resource utilization

### Associate Engineer @ SpaceX
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Greater Los Angeles Area
Vehicle Engineering for Thermal Hardware Group
•	Carried out design and implementation of development testing for Starship (mars rocket) heatshield
•	Prototyped and fabricated hardware for vibration, heat flux, stress, and integaration tests
•	Designed automated stress test fixture for high volume production of heat shield tiles

### Mechanical Lead @ Stanford Solar Car Project
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
•	Led team of 25 students to develop and manufacture solar powered electric vehicle 
•	Oversaw allocation and execution of $220,000 mechanical budget
•	Designed, simulated, and manufactured suspenison and steering system
•	Modeled and validated roll resistance vehicle dynamics of small trackwidth car

### Mechanical Engineer @ Stanford Solar Car Project
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Stanford, CA
- Designed and performed analysis on brake pedal assembly, optimizing design around space, load, and weight constraints. 
- Led manufacturing of large scale prepreg carbon fiber layups

### Hardware Intern @ Neocis Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
-Lead implementation of new trajectory control software for six degree of freedom arm, performed analysis on dynamic response to direct further investigation 
-Designed handheld test gauge to measure the robot's position accuracy in a a concise and time efficient manner. Reduced testing time from several hours to 10 minutes. Reduced needed testing equipment by 100 lbs.

### Instructor and Teaching Assistant @ Digital Media Academy
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Stanford University
Instructed an Arduino based robotics course to high school students. Over two weeks, students built autonomous cars that "sumo" wrestled each other. Taught basic circuitry, basic coding, and debugging practices.

### Research Intern @ Boston University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Greater Boston Area
Worked in Xue Han's lab in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Assisted on studies on the neuroscience of Parkinson's Disease. Piloted project on the Hippocampal Place Cells in Virtual Reality, presented findings in poster symposium. Learned basic skills in electrical circuitry, Matlab, SolidWorks, data analysis, and research design.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University

### General Education
Clear Lake High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kenyondonald

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Last updated: 2026-03-28