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