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