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