Manas Menon

About Manas Menon

I\'m a technology and operations leader with a deep engineering background and a track record of scaling complex systems from prototype to production. Recently I served as VP of Production and Supply Chain at Shield AI, where I oversaw manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and operations for advanced autonomous aircraft systems.My career has spanned hands-on engineering, technical leadership, and executive operations across aerospace, robotics, medical devices, and startups. I’ve founded and led companies, built and managed multidisciplinary global teams, and taken hardware and software products through design, development, testing, and deployment.With a Ph.D. from MIT in Mechanical Engineering (controls, instrumentation, and robotics), I’m passionate about solving hard problems at the intersection of hardware and software and building world-class teams and systems that can scale.

Experience

1. Senior Director of Automated Manufacturing

   Dandy

   Oct 2025 — Present

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bioengineering

  1999 — 2003

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  S.M; S.M, Mechanical Engineering; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 5/2006

  2004 — 2008

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Ph. D, Mechanical Engineering

  2004 — 2010

• University of Minnesota

  University of Minnesota Talented Youth Mathematics Program

  1994 — 1999

Skills

• Magnetics
• Labview
• Product Development
• Start-Ups
• Optics
• Mathematica
• Simulink
• Robotics
• Machine Design
• Connected Devices
• Clinical Trials
• Machining
• Raspberry Pi
• Ni Labview
• Automation
• Laser Cutting
• Waterjet
• Pneumatics
• Modeling
• Mechanisms
• Fdm
• Arduino
• Jira
• Python
• Cad/Cam
• Program Management
• Dynamics
• Octave
• Actuators
• Git
• Compression Molding
• Pic
• Control Systems Design
• Design of Experiments
• Solidworks
• Piezoelectric
• Matlab
• Medical Devices
• Control Theory
• Rapid Prototyping