# Taylor Boyle > Mechanical Engineer @ Swivl & Vinyard Product Development Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/taylorboyle I am a driven graduate from Purdue focusing on pursuing a career within Mechanical Engineering and Product Development. I have had a variety of experiences within medical device companies, design consultancies, and upcoming startups. From these experiences, I have gained skills in prototyping, mechanical drafting as well as a wide variety of CAD programs. I have become most proficient within Solidworks where I have had daily experience within versions 2015-2026. Additionally, I also have experience within Solidworks PDM WorkGroup, PDM Professional, and 3DExperience. Currently, I am a Mechanical Engineering within Swivl & VPD.io ## Work Experience ### Mechanical Design Engineer @ Vinyard Product Development Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Currently a design engineer assisting within a mechanical context for VPDs variety of clients ### Sr. Mechanical Engineer @ Swivl Jan 2023 – Present | Menlo Park, CA Currently a Sr. Mechanical Engineer working within the internal hardware engineering team helping to launch the Swivl Mirror. Responsible for design and production scale up within stages of DVT, PVT, and finally MP. Currently working on maintaining and improving the mechanical design of the Swivl Mirror as well as developing hardware accessories. Responsible for operating and maintaining small prototyping lab and CAD PDM system. Have operated as sole Mechanical Engineer for majority of project. ### Design Engineer @ Gener8 Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 | Sunnyvale, California, United States During my time at Gener8, I held a Design Engineering position where I assisted within a mechanical context on a wide variety of projects within the Biotech and Med Device space. I assisted in over a dozen projects within some capacity, big and small, depending on the phase and need of the project. Initially, I functioned as the main staff Mech E for L'Oreals SkinCeuticals custom dose machine. During this project, I redesigned a liquid plunger dispenser to reduce assembly complexity and breakdowns in the field. Subsequently, I designed dozens of assembly fixtures as assisted heavily in ensuring the production line was running efficiently and smoothly. In addition to my responsibilities for L'oreal, I was assigned to support operations for the design and manufacturing of Inscriptas Onyx Digital Genome engineering platform. For this project I conducted extensive thermal testing and prototyping for a bacterial growth and stasis module. Once that had been completed, I provided design and prototyping support to the senior mechanical engineers on the project. Lastly, I designed dozens of assembly fixtures and worked closely with the NPI team to bring up production of devices. Near the end of my time at Gener8, I inherited the responsibility of acting as the lead mechanical engineer within Gener8 for Shotspotter and their next generation device to be deployed within 2023. I performed DFM for injection molded components to be manufactured in the thousands per year. Additionally, I provided DFA for this next generation device, and ordered and supported the logistics of procuring custom and OTS components for the production line. Outside of my project responsibilities within Gener8, I was responsible for organizing creative engineering group activities to encourage collaboration, team building, and further socialization of project teams. Additionally, I was responsible for maintaining a vendors list for 100+ Mechanical Engineers. ### Jr. Mechanical Engineer @ Speck Design Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Redwood City During my time at Speck Design, I assisted on a wide array of projects, internal company improvements, and administrative tasks. My primary tasks were to support the lead design engineers and industrial designers within the various medical and consumer projects contracted by Speck. In support, I drafted engineering drawings, maintained and operated our internal shop, conducted research and development for material aspects and assembly procedures, and assisted in the design of various components as well as assembly fixtures. Internally, I started an "Innovation Box", meant to be stocked with inspirational materials, gadgets, and products. I also helped to reorganize the shop area to better facilitate project builds, material storage, and storage from past projects. ### Engineering Contractor @ Tellus Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Palo Alto, CA Supported R&D but contributing mechanical engineering and product design insights to help bring their product to market. Elderly care company striving to bring a noninvasive monitoring device to assisted living centers within Japan. Website: https://tellusyoucare.com/intro ### Product Design Intern @ IDEO Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Palo Alto, CA Assisted in product research, brainstorming sessions, and rapid prototyping for a medical product aimed at making measuring blood pressure easier. Additionally, I assisted on research for a wearable tracking device for animals in the arctic. ### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ AUST DEVELOPMENT, LLC Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Mountain View, CA Website: https://austmanufacturing.com/ During my time at AuST, I helped to conduct tests on early stage prototypes for products related to specific targeting anesthesia applications. As well as testing, I developed a number of fixtures to ease small manufacturing runs held within the R&D lab of AuST and worked heavily with SolidWorks to model and 3D print different preliminary components for early stage prototypes. I also assited in recording and note taking during product testing on human cadavers. ### Senior Design Project @ Kimball International Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Purdue University Website: https://www.kimballinternational.com/ For my final senior design project within MET, Kimball National furniture tasked three other METs and I to alter the reclining tensioning mechanism within their office chairs to make adjustment more "Intuitive". Our team decided to eliminate the traditional tension adjustment system altogether and design a mechanical lever system which utilized the user's weight to adjust the reclining seatback tension. Additionally, we were tasked with factoring in 21 degrees of freedom to recline as well as synchronous reclination with the seat itself. Meaning if you were to recline 14 degrees back, your seat would also tilt 7 degrees in the same direction. ### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ Arrinex, Inc. Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Redwood City, CA Website: https://www.arrinex.com/ Arrinex Inc., a SF Bay-Area medical product start up, developing a novel surgical device for use in the alleviation of the symptoms of chronic rhinitis. I assisted with the design, production, and alterations to the product prototypes. I designed parts using CAD programs, and constructed parts using a laser cutter and laser cam, a lathe and milling machine. Constructed the early stages of the packaging and assisted with the fabrication of fixtures to produce parts for the product on a scale of 100’s for clinical trials. I also assisted in the recording and documentation of several clinical trials for our prototypes as they were tested on human cadavers. ### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ IDEO Product Design Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Palo Alto, CA As an IDEO summer intern I worked in the prototyping shop helping IDEO engineers create product prototypes and with general machine shop maintenance. I fabricated and assembled 50 sets of parts for a four-row human powered seed planter and fertilizer spreader for farmers in Ethiopia which was designed to plant a very small and fine local grain called Teff. I also redesigned a light switch into a unique bio-activated switch as an intern design project. At IDEO I developed a healthy respect for working with complex machinery and tools with a perspective of safety and awe for what can be accomplished in a comprehensive prototyping shop. I learned to work as support and team member in this capacity with the highly experienced full time crew of 6 prototype professionals in this shop. This was an extraordinary experience which showed me how creative and innovative the profession of engineering can be and the value of Design Thinking in solving complex problems. ## Education ### Mechanical Engineering Technology in Engineering Technology Purdue University ### Certificate of Entreprenuership in Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies Purdue University ### Palo Alto Senior High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tboyle45 --- Source: https://flows.cv/taylorboyle JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/taylorboyle/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13