Will “Process Engineer” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

1.1% Chance of Automation

“Process Engineer” will not be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #53 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍

Job Description

Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, engines, machines, and other mechanically functioning equipment. Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of equipment such as centralized heat, gas, water, and steam systems.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2141.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 89,800.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 43.00
Currently, there are 285,790 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Mechanical Engineers”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Process Engineer”

Design test control apparatus or equipment or develop procedures for testing products.
Develop, coordinate, or monitor all aspects of production, including selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, or operation of product designs.
Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications, manuals, or other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, or maintenance requirements of designs or applications.
Solicit new business.
Establish or coordinate the maintenance or safety procedures, service schedule, or supply of materials required to maintain machines or equipment in the prescribed condition.
Confer with engineers or other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, or provide technical information.
Evaluate mechanical designs or prototypes for energy performance or environmental impact.
Provide feedback to design engineers on customer problems or needs.
Develop or test models of alternate designs or processing methods to assess feasibility, sustainability, operating condition effects, potential new applications, or necessity of modification.
Apply engineering principles or practices to emerging fields, such as robotics, waste management, or biomedical engineering.
Design integrated mechanical or alternative systems, such as mechanical cooling systems with natural ventilation systems, to improve energy efficiency.
Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, or repair to ensure that machines or equipment are installed and functioning according to specifications.
Calculate energy losses for buildings, using equipment such as computers, combustion analyzers, or pressure gauges.
Assist drafters in developing the structural design of products, using drafting tools or computer-assisted drafting equipment or software.
Provide technical customer service.
Direct the installation, operation, maintenance, or repair of renewable energy equipment, such as heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) or water systems.
Research, design, evaluate, install, operate, or maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems or processes to meet requirements.
Conduct research that tests or analyzes the feasibility, design, operation, or performance of equipment, components, or systems.
Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.
Estimate costs or submit bids for engineering, construction, or extraction projects.
Select or install combined heat units, power units, cogeneration equipment, or trigeneration equipment that reduces energy use or pollution.
Perform personnel functions, such as supervision of production workers, technicians, technologists, or other engineers.
Recommend the use of utility or energy services that minimize carbon footprints.
Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design, performance specifications, or environmental regulations.
Study industrial processes to maximize the efficiency of equipment applications, including equipment placement.
Investigate equipment failures or difficulties to diagnose faulty operation and recommend remedial actions.
Write performance requirements for product development or engineering projects.
Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, or computer-generated reports.

Related Technology & Tools

Subsonic wind tunnels
Steppers
Vapor deposition tube furnaces
Photoelastic testing machines
Vibration control systems
Supersonic wind tunnels
Evaporation systems
Air compressors
Wire bonders
Wafer dicing saws
X ray radiographic systems
Precision positioning tables
Dynamic strain indicators
Velocity transducers
Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Sputtering systems
Pattern generators
Projection lithography equipment
Fused deposition modeling FDM machines
Strain gauges
Dynamometers
Interferometers
Ellipsometers
Multi-pen plotters
Aligners
X ray tubes
Wire electrical discharge machines
Flip-chip wafer bonding systems
Anodic wafer bonding systems
Accelerometers
Optical sensors
Surface profilometers
Pitot tubes
Acoustic emission AE sensors
Spectrum analyzers
Deep reactive ion etchers DRIE
Laser Doppler velocimeters LDV
Fluorescence spectrometers
Scanning probe microscopes SPM
Video editing equipment
Chemical-mechanical polishing equipment
Heat exchangers
Coordinate measuring machines CMM
Programmable logic controllers PLC
Spin-coaters
Torsional converters
Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
Radio frequency sensors
Optical laser scanners
Laser digitizers
Nano indentation systems
Personal computers
Force transducers
Rapid thermal processing systems
Infrared thermography cameras
Computed tomography CT systems
Multimeters
Vibration testers
Function generators
Contact testers
Plasma etchers
Cryogenic apparatus
Laser Doppler anemometers
Vibration isolators
Interferometric microscopes
Contact lithography equipment
Wafer bonding systems
Servohydraulic material testing machines
Environmental testing chambers
Torque transducers
Analog to digital converters
Oscilloscopes
Digital to analog converters
Stylus profilometers
Position transducers
Digital particle image velocimeters

ReliaSoft Alta 6 Pro
MUMPS M
Video analysis software
Dassault Systemes CATIA
Finite element method FEM software
Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
PTC Creo Parametric
Blue Ridge Numerics CFDesign
G-code
National Instruments LabVIEW
The MathWorks MATLAB
Bentley MicroStation
Zemax
1CadCam Unigraphics
Autodesk Revit
Autodesk AutoCAD
Intergraph Plant Design System PDS
InnovMetric PolyWorks
IBM Notes
Reverse engineering software
Accelerated life testing software
Microsoft Visio
ReliaSoft Weibull++ 6
Statistical software
Microsoft Word
Rapid prototyping software
Microsoft Project
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
UGS I-DEAS
Modal analysis software
COSMOSWorks
Failure assessment software
Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
Microsoft Visual Basic
Optical analysis software
Data acquisition software
MAYA Nastran
Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
Reliability analysis software
Verilog
Computer numerical control CNC software
Bill of materials software
ESRI ArcGIS software
Sigmetrix CETOL 6 Sigma
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Hewlett-Packard HP Graphics Language HPGL
Ladder Logic
Life cycle cost software
Computational fluid dynamics CFD software
Motion analysis software
Microsoft PowerPoint
Cost estimation software
Microsoft Office
SAP
Minitab
Adobe Systems Adobe ActionScript
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Access
Mathsoft Mathcad
Design of experiments DOE software
C
Human machine interface HMI software
Failure mode and effects analysis FMEA software
C++
ANSYS
Grid generation software
Metrix Imageware Surfacer
Rockwell Automation
Lambda Research OSLO
ReliaSoft BlockSim
Statistical energy analysis SEA software
Mesh generation software