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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)
- Emissions Engineer
- Engineering Team Supervisor
- Durability Technician
- Automotive Engineering Technician
- Auto Design Checker
Tasks for “Engineering Team Supervisor”
- Build instrumentation or laboratory test equipment for special purposes.
- Participate in research or testing of computerized automotive applications, such as telemetrics, intelligent transportation systems, artificial intelligence, or automatic control.
- Perform or execute manual or automated tests of automotive system or component performance, efficiency, or durability.
- Fabricate new or modify existing prototype components or fixtures.
- 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.
- Set up mechanical, hydraulic, or electric test equipment in accordance with engineering specifications, standards, or test procedures.
- Install equipment, such as instrumentation, test equipment, engines, or aftermarket products, to ensure proper interfaces.
- 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.
- Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, work specifications, drawings, or charts.
- Recommend tests or testing conditions in accordance with designs, customer requirements, or industry standards to ensure test validity.
- Analyze test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.
- Inspect or test parts to determine nature or cause of defects or malfunctions.
- 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.
- Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.
- 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.
- Document test results, using cameras, spreadsheets, documents, or other tools.
Related Technology & Tools
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Calipers
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Vibration testers
- Crack detection equipment
- Exhaust gas analyzers
- Electronic engine analyzers
- Environmental chambers
- Engine lathes
- Oscilloscopes
- Function generators
- Timing lights
- Leakage testers
- Frequency counters
- Force gauges
- Pin gauges
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Ignition oscilloscopes
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Flow benches
- Chassis dynamometers
- Plasma cutters
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning centers
- Multimeters
- Compression testers
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- SAP
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Autodesk Inventor
- Data acquisition software
- Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical
- Road simulators
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Microsoft Office
- IBM Notes