Jonathan Kyle

About Jonathan Kyle

My past projects include electrical/mechanical design and fabrication at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester, intraocular lens manufacturing and metrology at Bausch and Lomb, tribological powder lubrication research at Carnegie Mellon University, satellite propulsion at the Space Propulsion Lab at MIT, meshless computational techniques for solid and fluid mechanics at Columbia University, fluid control components and subsystems design for aerospace vehicles at Marotta Controls and Blue Origin, circuit card assembly analysis and chassis designs at Northrop Grumman, Digital Twins at Ansys, Amazon Web Services (AWS), & Radiant; business development and go-to-market strategies for High Performance Computing (HPC) and Advanced Computing for Aerospace and Satellite applications at AWS, and AI Innovation Consultant helping startups strategically embrace AI to improve ROI, optimize business strategy, accelerate growth, and enhance organizational agility.I’m currently the Thermal, Mechanical, & Software lead at a startup in stealth in the Los Angeles area.Specialties: Simulation, Digital Twin, Mathematical Modeling, AI, Business Development (BD), High Performance Computing (HPC), Tribology, Metrology, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Python, FORTRAN programming in parallel (OpenMP), FEM analysis utilizing commercial packages ABAQUS, Pro/E Mechanica, ANSYS, NX, Optical measurements, data acquisition, funding/purchasing/negotiation, mathematical modeling, meshless numerical modeling, design engineering, test plan and procedures documentation.

Experience

1. Thermal, Mechanical, & Software Lead

   Stealth Startup

   Mar 2026 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

Education

• Columbia University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering

  2009 — 2014

• Carnegie Mellon University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

  2005 — 2008

• Columbia Engineering

  Masters, Mechanical Engineering

  2009 — 2011

Skills

• Microscopy
• Cfd
• Mechanical Engineering
• Afm
• Labview
• Data Acquisition
• Materials Science
• Mems
• Funding
• Thin Films
• Abaqus
• Modeling
• Purchasing
• Characterization
• Spectroscopy
• Engineering
• Data Analysis
• Microfabrication
• Comsol
• Numerical Analysis
• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Heat Transfer
• Signal Processing
• Mathematica
• Simulink
• Fluid Mechanics
• Tribology
• Research
• Finite Element Analysis
• Nanotechnology
• Robotics
• Minitab
• Pro Engineer
• Negotiation
• Ansys
• Fortran
• Simulations
• Fluid Dynamics
• Biomechanics
• Physics