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Job Description
Assist mechanical engineers in such activities as generation, transmission, or use of mechanical or fluid energy. Prepare layouts of machinery or equipment or plan the flow of work. May conduct statistical studies or analyze production costs.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3029.07
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Mechanical Engineering Technologists”.
Also Known As…
- Mechanical Engineering Technologists
- Tooling Engineering Tech
- Technical Staff Engineer
- Senior Process Analyst
- Senior Designer
- Mechanical Designer/Wind-Chill Administrator
- Mechanical Designer
- Engineering Technologist
- Engineering Tech
- CAD Designer (Computer Aided Design Designer)
- Tool Analyst
- Senior Advisory
- Mechanical Technologist
- Mechanical Maintenance
- Mechanical Engineering Technologist
- Lead Manufacturing Engineering Tech
- Engineering Technical Analyst
- Engineer Technical Staff
- Apparatus Engineering Technologist
Tasks for “Engineer Technical Staff”
- Test machines, components, materials, or products to determine characteristics such as performance, strength, or response to stress.
- Conduct statistical studies to analyze or compare production costs for sustainable and nonsustainable designs.
- Conduct failure analyses, document results, and recommend corrective actions.
- Assist engineers to design or develop electrochemical devices, such as solid oxide membranes or other products for sustainable applications.
- Prepare layouts of machinery, tools, plants, or equipment.
- Interpret engineering sketches, specifications, or drawings.
- Prepare cost and materials estimates or project schedules.
- Design molds, tools, dies, jigs, or fixtures for use in manufacturing processes.
- Prepare equipment inspection schedules, reliability schedules, work plans, or other records.
- Provide technical support to other employees regarding mechanical design, fabrication, testing, or documentation.
- Apply testing or monitoring apparatus to operating equipment.
- Inspect and test mechanical equipment.
- Assist engineers to design, develop, test, or manufacture industrial machinery, consumer products, or other equipment.
- Assemble or disassemble complex mechanical systems.
- Oversee, monitor, or inspect mechanical installations or construction projects.
- Assist mechanical engineers in product testing through activities such as setting up instrumentation for automobile crash tests.
- Prepare specifications, designs, or sketches for machines, components, or systems related to the generation, transmission, or use of mechanical or fluid energy.
- Analyze energy requirements and distribution systems to maximize the use of intermittent or inflexible renewable energy sources, such as wind or nuclear.
- Design specialized or customized equipment, machines, or structures.
- Perform routine maintenance on equipment, such as leak detectors, glove boxes, or mechanical pumps.
- Analyze or estimate production costs, such as labor, equipment, or plant space.
Related Technology & Tools
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Micro mills
- Analytical balances
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Personal computers
- Manual load frames
- Optical comparators
- Polishing machines
- Constant temperature baths
- Compression testers
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Laptop computers
- Binocular compound microscopes
- Surface grinding machines
- Sound level meters
- Centerless grinding machines
- Drill presses
- Milling machines
- Three-dimensional prototyping printer
- Photoelastic testing machines
- Bench grinders
- Laminated object manufacturing LOM systems
- Torsion testers
- Tool grinders
- Micro lathes
- Universal testing machines
- Internal grinding machines
- Hydraulic benches
- Angle grinders
- Selective laser sintering SLS systems
- Polarimeters
- Plastic injection molding machines
- Cold cut chop saws
- Lapping machines
- Oxygen bomb calorimeters
- Fused deposition modeling FDM machines
- Impact testers
- Dual centrifuges
- Superfinishing machines
- Boring machines
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Computerized scales
- Microfluidic particle imaging velocimetry PIV systems
- Heat treatment furnaces
- Wind tunnels
- Vibration monitors
- Pneumatic ratchets
- Hardness testers
- Absorption dynamometers
- Fatigue testing machines
- Grinding machines
- Spectrometers
- Dual column bandsaws
- Fume hoods
- Lathes
- Open channel flow apparatuses
- Power sheet metal shears
- Three-dimensional laser digitizers
- Tensile testers
- Hydrostatics benches
- Servohydraulic load frames
- Electronic strain gauges
- Hydraulic presses
- Digital hardness testers
- Data acquisition software
- ANSYS FLUENT
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- ANSYS
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Microsoft Excel
- Mathsoft Mathcad
- PTC Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica
- Microsoft Word
- Finite element method FEM software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- ProModel
- Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Autodesk Inventor
- TekSoft CAMWorks
- Microsoft Access
- Intellisense Intellisuite
- Stereolithography SLA rapid prototyping systems
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Outlook
- Bentley Microstation