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