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