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