Iulian Ghitulete

11330 N. Sycamore Creek Drive | Dunlap, IL 61525 | 309-361-8562

ighitual@yahoo.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/iulian-ghitulete-639b4223

MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER

Top-performing professional excelling in comprehensive engineering support, project
management, and design development and validation. Particularly specializes in
Transmission/Engine components and hydraulic lines design and off-road heavy
equipment design for new and updated engines for TIER 3/TIER4 emissions
regulation. Demonstrated proficiency in mechanical design as well as
manufacturing processes. Producing cost effective designs, complex layouts,
assemblies, detail parts drawings and generate associated bills of materials.
Exceptional leader of engineering and production teams. Effectively interacts with
global customers through technical and resource support. U.S. Citizen. Fluent in
Romanian.

PROFESIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Achievements:
Coordinated New Product Introduction (NPI) design work of turbo oil and
water for C175 T4 8 Turbos engine
Coordinated New Product Introduction (NPI) design work oil gauges and oil
fillers for Caterpillar engines.
Design and validation for turbo oil and water lines C175 Caterpillar engines
Design and validation for oil gauges and oil filler for Caterpillar large engines
Cost reduction for Gauges an Oil filler on Caterpillar large engines
Design new hydraulic lines for M315D-M320D (Caterpillar Wex Germany)
Professional strengths:
Expertise in off-road heavy equipment design new or updated engines for
both TIER3 and
TIER4 emissions regulation
Technical knowledge and expertise in areas like- Mechanical Design and
Manufacturing Processes,
FMEA, TeamCenter, BOM, FEA interpretation
Experience managing offshore team
Manage complete design, detail, checking and releasing for which includes
thorough knowledge of complex casting components.
Collaboration with international customers (technical area) or resource
support.
Green Belt Six Sigma
Creative Problem Solving
Good communication, flexibility and adaptability skills,
Product Validation
Technical Skills:
 Iulian Ghitulete
11330 N. Sycamore Creek Drive | Dunlap, IL 61525 | 309-361-8562
ighitual@yahoo.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/iulian-ghitulete-639b4223

Pro-Engineer/Creo Advanced features (Solid free from, Surface free form,

Style), Sheet metal, ProPiping. Surfaces( over 20,000 hours)
Skilled in design engineering and continuous improvement initiatives
ASME GD&T
Foreign language skills:
o Romanian - fluent

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mechanical Design Engineer

September 2010 to January 2017
Caterpillar, INC- Large Power System Division( Contract thru Axis
Inc) - Mossville, IL
Engine components and line design
New Product Introduction development, for large engines components from
design, validation and production implementation.
Systems engineering collaboration with other teams assigned to large NPI
projects or maintenance projects
Systems engineering collaboration with platform teams
Supplier process validation and monitoring
Project management
Created 3D engineering design using Pro-Engineer/Creo,

Product Engineer
May 2007 to August 2010
Caterpillar, INC- ACSD Transmission Business Unit (Contract thru
Cambric Corporation) Mossville, IL
Provided analytical assessment of customers technical engineering data,
including technical drawings in order to test, recommend, identify and
correct engineering design
Supplier collaboration for casting and machined parts, tooling and patterns
to update to latest standards. Reviews of technical engineering design
documents for completeness and accuracy.
Systems engineering collaboration with other teams assigned to large NPI
projects or maintenance projects
Various medium and large transmission housings design in Pro-E/Creo2.0
with complex surface modeling
Casting / machining supplier process validation and monitoring
Engineering support FEA, FMEA, APQP
Project management
Validation support
Created 3D engineering design using Pro-Engineer/Creo,

 Iulian Ghitulete
11330 N. Sycamore Creek Drive | Dunlap, IL 61525 | 309-361-8562
ighitual@yahoo.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/iulian-ghitulete-639b4223

Project Engineer
September 2006 to April 2007
Caterpillar, INC-TTT Tractor Product Engineering (Contract thru
Cambric Corporation) East Peoria, IL
Hydraulic System Design on Pipe Layers and Track Type Tractors
Provided analytical assessment of customers technical engineering data,
including technical drawings in order to test, recommend, identify and
correct engineering design
Project Management and development for hydraulic system
Efficiently communicated with customer and suppliers
Examined technical engineering design documents for completeness and
accuracy
Determined design specification and product requirement.
Examined production work for accuracy and made necessary corrections
prior to customer delivery
Production Validation
Managed design task from concept to completion. This included detailing,
checking and releasing.
Created 3D engineering design using Pro-Engineer/Creo,
Complex assemblies modeling and drafting

 Design Engineer
Cambric Consulting SRL Brasov, Romania
September 2004 to August 2006
Created 3D engineering design using Pro-Engineer/Creo,
Complex assemblies modeling and drafting
Developed concept models
Performed drafts of complex assemblies and parts on various large projects for
Major US Companies.
Created advanced casting designs, and delivered on various engine,
transmissions components for prototype and production
Delivered on projects involving development and detailing of: manifolds
exhaust parts and groups, intake parts, mixers parts, lines-air groups and parts,
Flywheel Housing, Idlers, and Track Links.
Conducted Cost reduction projects
Design new hydraulic lines for M315D-M320D (Caterpillar Wex Germany)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Hermann Oberth Faculty of
Engineering 2004(BS OF Engineering)
Major in Machine Manufacturing Technology Sibiu, Romania

Related Courses
Advanced Pro/Engineer Training -2005
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (GD&T) Training -2006
Six-Sigma Green Belt Certified -2015