Matthew Shaver
Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Energy Services at Beam Wood Art
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Shaver is a mechanical engineer with six years of hands-on experience in product design, manufacturing, and project delivery, currently supporting nuclear and DOE clients while pursuing an MEng in Mechanical Engineering. He brings proven SolidWorks (CSWP), FEA, and CFD skills—having taken a medical device subsystem from concept to implementation at Fort Defiance and modeled contaminant dispersion to optimize sensor placement for a fuel facility. A practical problem-solver, Matthew led CAD and manufacturing on a high-performing university Design Build Fly team and launched a successful laser-engraving small business that has completed thousands of transactions and won a campus business-plan competition. He pairs technical competence with project leadership: managing interns, coordinating stakeholders, and overseeing volunteer and app development projects during a yearlong church residency. Active in front-end documentation work on a well-known dbt docs repo, he also contributes UI improvements and styling, demonstrating versatility across engineering and software-adjacent projects. Based in Knoxville, he combines engineering rigor with entrepreneurial instincts and a track record of improving processes and bringing products to market.
6 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Mechanical Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng Mechanical Engineering at University of HoustonBachelor's degree Aerospace, Bachelor's degree Aerospace at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Github Skills (5)
css10
javascript10
front-end-development10
react10
documentation9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dbt-labs/docs.getdbt.com
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
The code behind docs.getdbt.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4009 reviews, 355 commits, 1332 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily worked on image updates for the "Connecting Your Database" UI, involving the addition and styling of images, and modifications to the CSS modules. Their contributions focused on the front-end and involved changes to component styles and layout in the context of documentation. This user also implemented code blocks and links within the documentation site.
code-behind
Rafalem29/docs.getdbt.com
Nov 2023 - Aug 2024
The code behind docs.getdbt.com
Contributions:8 pushes in 9 months
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