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