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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
- Laboratory Technician (Lab Technician)
- Engineering Team Supervisor
- Emissions Engineer
- Research Technician
- Durability Technician
- Automotive Engineering Technician
- Auto Design Checker
Tasks for “Research Technician”
- 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.
- Fabricate new or modify existing prototype components or fixtures.
- Install equipment, such as instrumentation, test equipment, engines, or aftermarket products, to ensure proper interfaces.
- Improve fuel efficiency by testing vehicles or components that use lighter materials, such as aluminum, magnesium alloy, or plastic.
- Monitor computer-controlled test equipment, according to written or verbal instructions.
- Inspect or test parts to determine nature or cause of defects or malfunctions.
- Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Perform or execute manual or automated tests of automotive system or component performance, efficiency, or durability.
- Analyze test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.
Related Technology & Tools
- Compression testers
- Exhaust gas analyzers
- Calipers
- Crack detection equipment
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Electronic engine analyzers
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Multimeters
- Timing lights
- Chassis dynamometers
- Environmental chambers
- Ignition oscilloscopes
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning centers
- Leakage testers
- Oscilloscopes
- Vibration testers
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Force gauges
- Pin gauges
- Frequency counters
- Function generators
- Engine lathes
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Flow benches
- Plasma cutters
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Road simulators
- Data acquisition software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft Word
- Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical
- Autodesk Inventor
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- SAP