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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”
- 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.
- Recommend tests or testing conditions in accordance with designs, customer requirements, or industry standards to ensure test validity.
- Order new test equipment, supplies, or replacement parts.
- Monitor computer-controlled test equipment, according to written or verbal instructions.
- Install equipment, such as instrumentation, test equipment, engines, or aftermarket products, to ensure proper interfaces.
- 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.
- Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.
- Build instrumentation or laboratory test equipment for special purposes.
- 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.
- Participate in research or testing of computerized automotive applications, such as telemetrics, intelligent transportation systems, artificial intelligence, or automatic control.
- Document test results, using cameras, spreadsheets, documents, or other tools.
- Maintain test equipment in operational condition by performing routine maintenance or making minor repairs or adjustments as needed.
- 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.
- Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, work specifications, drawings, or charts.
- Analyze test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.
- Set up mechanical, hydraulic, or electric test equipment in accordance with engineering specifications, standards, or test procedures.
Related Technology & Tools
- Engine lathes
- Compression testers
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Plasma cutters
- Multimeters
- Ignition oscilloscopes
- Oscilloscopes
- Electronic engine analyzers
- Leakage testers
- Frequency counters
- Crack detection equipment
- Environmental chambers
- Timing lights
- Function generators
- Flow benches
- Exhaust gas analyzers
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Chassis dynamometers
- Calipers
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning centers
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Vibration testers
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Pin gauges
- Force gauges
- Microsoft Word
- Road simulators
- SAP
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Autodesk Inventor
- Computer aided design CAD software
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Microsoft Office
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft Excel
- Data acquisition software