Will “Engineering Team Supervisor” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
Unknown Chance of Automation
Sadly, the research paper did not provide any information about this occupation. Maybe have a look at our directory?
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.
- Set up mechanical, hydraulic, or electric test equipment in accordance with engineering specifications, standards, or test procedures.
- Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.
- Install equipment, such as instrumentation, test equipment, engines, or aftermarket products, to ensure proper interfaces.
- Participate in research or testing of computerized automotive applications, such as telemetrics, intelligent transportation systems, artificial intelligence, or automatic control.
- Monitor computer-controlled test equipment, according to written or verbal instructions.
- Analyze test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.
- Improve fuel efficiency by testing vehicles or components that use lighter materials, such as aluminum, magnesium alloy, or plastic.
- 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.
- Inspect or test parts to determine nature or cause of defects or malfunctions.
- Maintain test equipment in operational condition by performing routine maintenance or making minor repairs or adjustments as needed.
- Recommend tests or testing conditions in accordance with designs, customer requirements, or industry standards to ensure test validity.
- Document test results, using cameras, spreadsheets, documents, or other tools.
- Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, work specifications, drawings, or charts.
- Order new test equipment, supplies, or replacement parts.
- 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.
- Fabricate new or modify existing prototype components or fixtures.
- Perform or execute manual or automated tests of automotive system or component performance, efficiency, or durability.
Related Technology & Tools
- Chassis dynamometers
- Exhaust gas analyzers
- Multimeters
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Function generators
- Engine lathes
- Timing lights
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Flow benches
- Leakage testers
- Calipers
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Pin gauges
- Plasma cutters
- Ignition oscilloscopes
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning centers
- Vibration testers
- Oscilloscopes
- Environmental chambers
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Frequency counters
- Electronic engine analyzers
- Crack detection equipment
- Compression testers
- Force gauges
- IBM Notes
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Microsoft Word
- Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk Inventor
- SAP
- Data acquisition software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Road simulators
- PTC Creo Parametric