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Job Description
Assist engineers in determining the practicality of proposed product design changes and plan and carry out tests on experimental test devices or equipment for performance, durability, or efficiency.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3027.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Automotive Engineering Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Automotive Engineering Technicians
- Test Engineer
- Research Technician
- Laboratory Technician (Lab Technician)
- Engineering Team Supervisor
- Emissions Engineer
- Durability Technician
- Automotive Engineering Technician
- Auto Design Checker
Tasks for “Emissions Engineer”
- Monitor computer-controlled test equipment, according to written or verbal instructions.
- Improve fuel efficiency by testing vehicles or components that use lighter materials, such as aluminum, magnesium alloy, or plastic.
- Analyze test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.
- Maintain test equipment in operational condition by performing routine maintenance or making minor repairs or adjustments as needed.
- Document test results, using cameras, spreadsheets, documents, or other tools.
- Set up mechanical, hydraulic, or electric test equipment in accordance with engineering specifications, standards, or test procedures.
- Participate in research or testing of computerized automotive applications, such as telemetrics, intelligent transportation systems, artificial intelligence, or automatic control.
- Recommend tests or testing conditions in accordance with designs, customer requirements, or industry standards to ensure test validity.
- Build instrumentation or laboratory test equipment for special purposes.
- Test performance of vehicles that use alternative fuels, such as alcohol blends, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, biodiesel, nano diesel, or alternative power methods, such as solar energy or hydrogen fuel cells.
- Perform or execute manual or automated tests of automotive system or component performance, efficiency, or durability.
- Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.
- Inspect or test parts to determine nature or cause of defects or malfunctions.
- Order new test equipment, supplies, or replacement parts.
- Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, work specifications, drawings, or charts.
- Analyze performance of vehicles or components that have been redesigned to increase fuel efficiency, such as camless or dual-clutch engines or alternative types of air-conditioning systems.
- Fabricate new or modify existing prototype components or fixtures.
- Install equipment, such as instrumentation, test equipment, engines, or aftermarket products, to ensure proper interfaces.
Related Technology & Tools
- Engine lathes
- Frequency counters
- Environmental chambers
- Timing lights
- Compression testers
- Force gauges
- Multimeters
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Ignition oscilloscopes
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Leakage testers
- Exhaust gas analyzers
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning centers
- Plasma cutters
- Function generators
- Crack detection equipment
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Chassis dynamometers
- Flow benches
- Electronic engine analyzers
- Pin gauges
- Vibration testers
- Oscilloscopes
- Calipers
- Microsoft Excel
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical
- Computer aided design CAD software
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- SAP
- Autodesk Inventor
- IBM Notes
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Data acquisition software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Road simulators