Jesse Knight
Senior Hydraulic Design Engineer at John Deere
Waterloo, Iowa, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Knight is a Senior Hydraulic Design Engineer with 27 years of experience leading hydraulic system design, component development, testing, and global supplier/manufacturing collaboration, primarily at John Deere. He manages hydraulic systems for 9R and 7R tractors, authors system requirements for software integration, and has driven cross-functional improvements spanning warranty, quality, and cost reduction. As a former Global Functional Group Leader, he coordinated teams across Brazil, Mexico, India, China and the U.S., and he holds three shared patents plus a John Deere Innovation Award. His background blends hands-on manufacturing and test-floor experience with strategic design guidelines for pumps and cylinders, and he brings formal Lean Manufacturing training to optimize product and process flow. An underappreciated strength is his longevity in both deep technical authorship and practical production problem-solving, enabling faster resolution of field issues and smoother factory integration.
11 years of coding experience
Lean Manufacturing Certification, Lean Manufacturing Certification at University of KentuckyMadisonville Community College
Github Skills (38)
robot10
iot-device9
python9
machine-learning9
wifi9
csv8
gradle-plugin8
deep-learning8
tensorflow8
plot8
rosbag8
robotics8
neural-network8
addin7
core-library7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
flybotix/highfrequencyrobots
Aug 2017 - Apr 2022
A framework to get lots of data for wifi-based robots or IoT devices.
Contributions:14 releases, 107 commits, 3 PRs in 4 years 8 months
iot-devicewifi
flybotix/drivetrainsim
Oct 2019 - Jan 2020
Robotic drive train simulation
Contributions:14 commits, 2 PRs, 12 pushes in 2 months
roboticssimulation
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