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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”
- 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.
- 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.
- Fabricate new or modify existing prototype components or fixtures.
- 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.
- Monitor computer-controlled test equipment, according to written or verbal instructions.
- Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, work specifications, drawings, or charts.
- 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.
- Participate in research or testing of computerized automotive applications, such as telemetrics, intelligent transportation systems, artificial intelligence, or automatic control.
- Analyze test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.
- Recommend tests or testing conditions in accordance with designs, customer requirements, or industry standards to ensure test validity.
- Install equipment, such as instrumentation, test equipment, engines, or aftermarket products, to ensure proper interfaces.
- Inspect or test parts to determine nature or cause of defects or malfunctions.
- Improve fuel efficiency by testing vehicles or components that use lighter materials, such as aluminum, magnesium alloy, or plastic.
- Build instrumentation or laboratory test equipment for special purposes.
- Order new test equipment, supplies, or replacement parts.
- Maintain test equipment in operational condition by performing routine maintenance or making minor repairs or adjustments as needed.
Related Technology & Tools
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Flow benches
- Multimeters
- Plasma cutters
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Ignition oscilloscopes
- Environmental chambers
- Leakage testers
- Vibration testers
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning centers
- Chassis dynamometers
- Compression testers
- Electronic engine analyzers
- Frequency counters
- Engine lathes
- Timing lights
- Exhaust gas analyzers
- Oscilloscopes
- Function generators
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Calipers
- Force gauges
- Crack detection equipment
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Pin gauges
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Road simulators
- Microsoft Office
- IBM Notes
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Microsoft Word
- Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical
- Autodesk Inventor
- SAP
- Data acquisition software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Microsoft Excel
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software