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Job Description
Assist engineers in determining the practicality of proposed product design changes and plan and carry out tests on experimental test devices or equipment for performance, durability, or efficiency.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3027.01
Also Known As…
- Test Engineer
- Research Technician
- Laboratory Technician (Lab Technician)
- Engineering Team Supervisor
- Emissions Engineer
- Durability Technician
- Automotive Engineering Technician
- Auto Design Checker
Tasks for “Automotive Engineering Technicians”
- Set up mechanical, hydraulic, or electric test equipment in accordance with engineering specifications, standards, or test procedures.
- Document test results, using cameras, spreadsheets, documents, or other tools.
- Fabricate new or modify existing prototype components or fixtures.
- Install equipment, such as instrumentation, test equipment, engines, or aftermarket products, to ensure proper interfaces.
- Improve fuel efficiency by testing vehicles or components that use lighter materials, such as aluminum, magnesium alloy, or plastic.
- Order new test equipment, supplies, or replacement parts.
- Maintain test equipment in operational condition by performing routine maintenance or making minor repairs or adjustments as needed.
- Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, work specifications, drawings, or charts.
- Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.
- Test performance of vehicles that use alternative fuels, such as alcohol blends, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, biodiesel, nano diesel, or alternative power methods, such as solar energy or hydrogen fuel cells.
- Recommend tests or testing conditions in accordance with designs, customer requirements, or industry standards to ensure test validity.
- Inspect or test parts to determine nature or cause of defects or malfunctions.
- Analyze test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.
- Analyze performance of vehicles or components that have been redesigned to increase fuel efficiency, such as camless or dual-clutch engines or alternative types of air-conditioning systems.
- Perform or execute manual or automated tests of automotive system or component performance, efficiency, or durability.
- Monitor computer-controlled test equipment, according to written or verbal instructions.
- Participate in research or testing of computerized automotive applications, such as telemetrics, intelligent transportation systems, artificial intelligence, or automatic control.
- Build instrumentation or laboratory test equipment for special purposes.
Related Technology & Tools
- Chassis dynamometers
- Compression testers
- Function generators
- Electronic engine analyzers
- Flow benches
- Exhaust gas analyzers
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning centers
- Engine lathes
- Environmental chambers
- Timing lights
- Calipers
- Vibration testers
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Multimeters
- Force gauges
- Oscilloscopes
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Frequency counters
- Ignition oscilloscopes
- Pin gauges
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Plasma cutters
- Crack detection equipment
- Leakage testers
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical
- Road simulators
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Data acquisition software
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Microsoft Word
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- IBM Notes
- SAP
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Autodesk Inventor