JIGNESH JETHWA
Fluid Power Specialist
Rochester,MN
Summary
Hands-on experience in Design, Engineering, Testing, Commissioning of Hydraulic system for Mobile and Industrial applications. Proven track record of Design of hydraulic circuit, component selection, engineering calculations, vendor management and VAVE implementation for hydraulic system of off highway vehicles. Design and engineering of Closed loop (Hydrostatic Drive) and open loop hydraulic system for Aerial Work platform, Wheel loaders, soil compactors and Excavators.
Hands-on experience in Industrial, Mobile Hydraulic system, Components design & Process development.
Hydraulic Design & Detail Engineering, Re-Engineering of hydraulic cylinders, motors and Hydraulic system retro fitment in equipment. Vendor selection, evaluation and development for new and existing components of hydraulic system.
Track record of conceptualizing and executing strategies, understanding client preferences etc. to accomplish key organizational targets design point of view.
High-level leadership and mentoring ability. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
3
3
Languages
Work History
Design Engineer
L & T Technology Services Ltd. USA
03.2022 - Current
- Hydraulic System Layout Design support as onsite Engineer at McNeilus Trucks and Manufacturing lnc. .
- Supporting Hydraulic Expert for documenting selection of valves, hydraulic motors, hYdraulic Actuators, pumps and routing for Refuse truck
- Performing reverse engineering for legacy hydraulic routing of hydraulic system for Refuse truck.
- Supporting Hydraulic Expert doing Hydraulic design, engineering, detailing and simulation using automation studio 7.0.
- Helping Core engineering team for Hydraulic Components selection, circuit design, manifold design, Hydraulic System design hydraulic system simulation, Lean Product Design & Reverse Engineering.
- Supporting in New Components testing and its data management to overall Proto Test.
- Supporting in Handling Service issues related to Hydraulic system.
Project Manager-Design (Hydraulics)
L&T Technology Services
04.2016 - 03.2022
- Requirement Generation from Mechanical Design and sales orders, detail engineering and Preparing engineering calculation for Hydraulic circuit, Components selection and layout for electro hydraulics system of Aerial Work platform (scissor lift and Boom Lift)
- Performed VAVE and reverse engineering of closed loop (Hydrostatic drive) hydraulic system and its components for soil compactor and wheel loaders.
- Performed VAVE and reverse engineering of open loop hydraulic system and its components for excavators.
- Hydraulic Virtual validation and simulation using automation studio.
- Domain expertise to use the Hydraulic Components selection, circuit design, manifold design, and system design, hydraulic system simulation, Lean Product Design, Reverse Engineering & Value Engineering methods. Utilizing modern design and engineering improvement tools (Design & Process) for off highway vehicles, marine Hydraulics, Hydroelectric power plants & Aerospace equipment.
- Design using ASME, DIN, ISO, JIS standards.
Executive – Design (Hydraulics)
M/s. FERROMATIC MILACRON INDIA PVT LTD.
08.2014 - 03.2015
- Design, detail engineering and Preparing a engineering calculation, Hydraulic circuit, layouts, Hydraulic Components and operation chart related to electro hydraulics system for the Injection Molding machine as per customer requirements
- Timely execution of the Design & Detail engineering activities by Selecting the appropriate techniques and sequence of events
- New product development by analyzing the defeat in existing product, analyzing the market data from marketing department, replacing old technologies by new technologies available and cost analysis
- Testing and validation of new product developed
- Documentation related to new design
- Selection and Sizing of hydraulic components considering organization & international standards suiting to operation of the hydraulic system for plastic processing machines
- Quick response to special customer requirements (Engineering Request Notes)
- Generating Bill of material in ERP system for manufacturing of hydraulic system and machine
- 3D modeling including piping of hydraulic system and generating layouts using CREO-5.0
- Cost reduction of Hydraulic System by adopting appropriate techniques and new concepts
- Involve in doing Value engineering of machine
- After sales problem solving.
Sr.Manager-Design (Hydraulics)
M/s. GMW PVT LTD.
04.2006 - 07.2014
- Acknowledged for successful implementation of new Design sheet leading to significant reduction in error percentage during the Hydraulic system design
- Developed in-house design, Detail engineering and manufacturing capabilities of Hydraulic cylinder and Hydraulic power Packs
- New product development by analyzing the defeat in existing product, analyzing the market data from marketing department, replacing old technologies by new technologies available and cost analysis
- Preparing the detail engineering design calculation and detail drawings
- Testing and validation of new product developed
- Introduced new Hydraulic sealing arrangement for the Hydraulic Cylinders
- Improved efficiency through introducing the Pro-E models for the Hydraulic System design and interferences
- Material Selection appropriate to the customer requirements
- Selection of process in design to optimize the manufacturing capabilities
- Preparing and Control of the design documents as per ISO 9001:2008 standards
- Preparing the detail engineering design calculation and detail drawings
- Preparing 3-D models using Pro-E
- Timely execution of the Design & Detail engineering activities by Selecting the appropriate techniques and sequence of events
- Reduced incident percentage by creating awareness & preparing safety regulations during production and testing of Hydraulic system.
- Testing and Commissioning of Hydraulic system Support during equipment commissioning at Customer location.
- Resolving after market issue at customer's location.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Lukhdheerji Enigneering College
India 05.2001 - 05.2005
Certified Fluid Power Hydraulic Specialist -
International Fluid Power Society
Cherry Hill, NJ 10.2024 - 11.2024
Skills
Design, Components Selection, Detail Engineering and Layout of Hydraulic System
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 02/01/84
Training
- Basic Hydraulic Design, Engineering & Maintenance – YUKEN INDIA LTD, Bangalore
- PRO-5 (Creo-Elements)
- Pro-Piping
- Automation Studio 5.0 (Hydraulic)
- AutoCAD-2016
- Solid Works 2016
- NX-9.0
- ISO 9001:2008
- Stress Management
Certification
Certified Fluid Power Hydraulic Specialist
Timeline
Certified Fluid Power Hydraulic Specialist -
International Fluid Power Society
10.2024 - 11.2024
Certified Fluid Power Hydraulic Specialist
11-2023
Design Engineer
L & T Technology Services Ltd. USA
03.2022 - Current
Project Manager-Design (Hydraulics)
L&T Technology Services
04.2016 - 03.2022
Executive – Design (Hydraulics)
M/s. FERROMATIC MILACRON INDIA PVT LTD.
08.2014 - 03.2015
Sr.Manager-Design (Hydraulics)
M/s. GMW PVT LTD.
04.2006 - 07.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Lukhdheerji Enigneering College
05.2001 - 05.2005