About JP Innovation

Engineering experience, turned into practical progress.

JP Innovation combines hands-on engineering judgement with clear, commercially focused design and development support.

Founder of JP Innovation
Jon HotardFounder, JP Innovation · Mechanical engineering · Design · Product development

My story

Built on 18 years of real engineering experience.

JP Innovation grew from my career solving practical engineering problems across mechanical engineering, automotive applications, engineering design and electrical systems.

Working across these connected disciplines taught me that a successful product must do more than look right in CAD. It needs to perform reliably, be straightforward to manufacture and assemble, integrate with the wider system and make commercial sense.

I created JP Innovation to give businesses and individuals direct access to that practical, multidisciplinary approach. Whether the starting point is an early idea, an existing design that needs improvement or a product that must be prepared for manufacture, the aim is always the same: reduce uncertainty and move the project forward with clear, useful engineering.

“Good engineering brings together function, manufacture and commercial reality—not just the drawing.”

Experience

A broad foundation for better decisions.

Experience across several engineering disciplines makes it easier to see how one design decision affects the complete product.

18 years

Mechanical engineering

Hands-on understanding of components, assemblies, materials, mechanisms, tolerances and the realities of producing dependable physical products.

Automotive

Performance under pressure

Experience shaped by an industry where packaging, reliability, safety, serviceability and repeatable manufacture all matter.

Design

From concept to detail

Turning requirements and early ideas into clear designs, CAD models, development decisions and practical routes toward manufacture.

Electrical

Whole-system thinking

An appreciation of electrical requirements and interfaces, helping mechanical design work effectively as part of the wider product or machine.

How I work

Clear thinking, useful outputs and honest advice.

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Practical

Decisions grounded in how products are made, tested, used, assembled and maintained.

02

Collaborative

Direct communication, clear priorities and the right specialist input around each challenge.

03

Accountable

Honest technical advice, an agreed scope and useful deliverables at every stage.

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