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