David Ilgert

Background

About David Ilgert

An innovative and pragmatic engineer with thirty years of leadership and design experience in all aspects of product development. Progressive experience and expertise in the following-­• Licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario since 1994 • Team player that can communicate will all levels of personnel within a company from the shop floor to the top executive of a company • Project Management knowledge and experience • ASME Section pressure vessels, and Section valve experience • FEA with Nastran, Abaqus, Creo Simulate and Solidworks Simulation for both heat transfer and Stress Analysis totaling 26 years • Applied CFD and Heat Transfer M.Eng. course using ANSIS Fluent • Stress and Fatigue Calculations to ASME Section Div. 2 and Section • 3D assemblies modelling as well as fabrication drawing creation experience with Solidworks • DVP & R, DFMEA, DFMA, GD & T • Hydraulics, pneumatics experience. • ISO and European Pressure Equipment Directive procedure writing and compliance review experience • Review of drawings, calculations and technical reports for safety-related products • Design and analysis of components manufactured using machining, heat treat, grinding honing, injection molding, rolling, welding and casting processes • Working knowledge of Microsoft office products, familiar with basic knowledge of project management software • Presentation and interpersonal skills as well the technical competence and integrity necessary to gain customer loyalty • Supervision of design, testing and calculation departments with responsibilities for utilization of staff, optimization of work systems and processes, training and development plans • Mentoring of less experienced engineers • Ability to cascade company goals into key objectives for an engineering department • Calculation and testing methods development • Value analysis, value engineering • Pragmatic, “First Principals” methodology, logical decision maker • Training in project management principles and Microsoft Project • Training in Lean systems • Working knowledge of MathCAD 15 • Proficient in the German language