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