Kyle Thompson, PE

About

Experience

• Relativity Space (3 yrs 8 mos)
  • Principal Vehicle Mechanisms Engineer
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Staff Mechanisms Engineer
    Mar 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Sr. Principal Mechanical Engineer, R&D at Skillz Inc.
  Nov 2021 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Senior Mechanical Engineer, Amazon Scout at Amazon
  Sep 2020 - Nov 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

• R&D Imagineer Sr at Walt Disney Imagineering
  Apr 2015 - Sep 2020 · 5 yrs 6 mos

• Engineer 2 at Quartus Engineering
  Sep 2012 - Apr 2015 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  Managed project consisting of concept vehicle sizing for tracked entertainment ride. Performed motor sizing, gearbox sizing, and designed vehicle frame from blank sheet utilizing SolidWorks software. Analyzed roller coaster tilting switch utilizing FEMAP/NX Nastran software. Identified failing components and created elegant design solutions. Processed weld and parent material results for verification against Eurocode 3. Generated detailed finite element model of roller coaster track to perform initial sizing of columns and strongback. Performed analysis on themed entertainment doors involving a multitude of loading conditions and detailed 3D geometric meshing. Performed estimate involving scope, cost, and project schedule for follow up work. Member of small team performing detailed analysis of customer designed dark ride entertainment vehicle. Included non-linear modeling of mesh-independent fasteners to meet requirements utilizing ABAQUS.