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Job Description
Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, engines, machines, and other mechanically functioning equipment. Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of equipment such as centralized heat, gas, water, and steam systems.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2141.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 89,800.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 43.00
- Currently, there are 285,790 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Mechanical Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Mechanical Engineers
- Test Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Product Engineer
- Process Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Mechanical Design Engineer
- Equipment Engineer
- Design Maintenance Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Application Engineer
- Wind Turbine Mechanical Engineer
- Weapons Engineer
- Weapons Designer
- Ventilating Expert
- Ventilating Engineer
- Utilization Engineer
- Tooling Engineer
- Tool Engineer
- Tool Designer
- Tool Design Engineer
- Tool and Die Engineer
- Textile Engineer
- Test Inspection Engineer
- Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE)
- Stress Analyst
- Sheet Metal Engineer
- Servomechanism Designer
- Roller Coaster Engineer
- Roller Coaster Designer
- Refrigeration Engineer
- Products Mechanical Design Engineer
- Plant Equipment Engineer
- Motorcycle Designer
- Mechanical Research Engineer
- Mechanical Equipment Test Engineer
- Mechanical Development Engineer
- Mechanical Design Facilities or Products Engineer
- Machine Tool Designer
- Machine Design Engineer
- Internal Combustion Engineer
- Installation Engineer
- Industrial Retrofit Designer
- Industrial Green Systems Designer
- Hydroelectric Plant Mechanical Engineer
- Hydraulic Engineer
- HVAC Sensor and Digital Control Designer (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Sensor and Digital Control Designer)
- HVAC Engineer (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Engineer)
- HVAC Engineer (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning Engineer)
- HVAC Design Mechanical Engineer (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Design Mechanical Engineer)
- Heating Engineer
- Heating and Cooling Systems Engineer
- Geothermal Power Generation Mechanical Engineer
- Field Service Engineer
- Failure Analysis Technician
- Facilities Mechanical Design Engineer
- Erecting Engineer
- Engineer
- Engine Designer
- Electro-Mechanical Engineer
- Dust Control Engineer
- Distribution Engineer
- Diesel Retrofit Designer
- Diesel Engineer
- Cryogenics Engineer
- Cooling and Heating Systems Design Engineer
- Car Designer
- Brake Engineer
- Body Engineer
- Automation Engineer
- Auto Research Engineer
- Air Conditioning Engineer
Tasks for “Combustion Engineer”
- Confer with engineers or other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, or provide technical information.
- Estimate costs or submit bids for engineering, construction, or extraction projects.
- Investigate equipment failures or difficulties to diagnose faulty operation and recommend remedial actions.
- Provide technical customer service.
- Provide feedback to design engineers on customer problems or needs.
- Recommend the use of utility or energy services that minimize carbon footprints.
- Design integrated mechanical or alternative systems, such as mechanical cooling systems with natural ventilation systems, to improve energy efficiency.
- Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, or computer-generated reports.
- Apply engineering principles or practices to emerging fields, such as robotics, waste management, or biomedical engineering.
- Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications, manuals, or other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, or maintenance requirements of designs or applications.
- Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.
- Solicit new business.
- Establish or coordinate the maintenance or safety procedures, service schedule, or supply of materials required to maintain machines or equipment in the prescribed condition.
- Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design, performance specifications, or environmental regulations.
- Develop or test models of alternate designs or processing methods to assess feasibility, sustainability, operating condition effects, potential new applications, or necessity of modification.
- Develop, coordinate, or monitor all aspects of production, including selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, or operation of product designs.
- Select or install combined heat units, power units, cogeneration equipment, or trigeneration equipment that reduces energy use or pollution.
- Calculate energy losses for buildings, using equipment such as computers, combustion analyzers, or pressure gauges.
- Direct the installation, operation, maintenance, or repair of renewable energy equipment, such as heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) or water systems.
- Conduct research that tests or analyzes the feasibility, design, operation, or performance of equipment, components, or systems.
- Study industrial processes to maximize the efficiency of equipment applications, including equipment placement.
- Assist drafters in developing the structural design of products, using drafting tools or computer-assisted drafting equipment or software.
- Evaluate mechanical designs or prototypes for energy performance or environmental impact.
- Perform personnel functions, such as supervision of production workers, technicians, technologists, or other engineers.
- Write performance requirements for product development or engineering projects.
- Research, design, evaluate, install, operate, or maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems or processes to meet requirements.
- Design test control apparatus or equipment or develop procedures for testing products.
- Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, or repair to ensure that machines or equipment are installed and functioning according to specifications.
Related Technology & Tools
- Pitot tubes
- Laser Doppler velocimeters LDV
- Air compressors
- Photoelastic testing machines
- Stylus profilometers
- Interferometers
- Contact lithography equipment
- Multimeters
- Acoustic emission AE sensors
- Deep reactive ion etchers DRIE
- Laser digitizers
- Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
- Servohydraulic material testing machines
- Chemical-mechanical polishing equipment
- Oscilloscopes
- Rapid thermal processing systems
- Steppers
- Heat exchangers
- Nano indentation systems
- Position transducers
- Interferometric microscopes
- Pattern generators
- Dynamometers
- Flip-chip wafer bonding systems
- Dynamic strain indicators
- Vibration control systems
- Vibration testers
- Precision positioning tables
- Vibration isolators
- X ray tubes
- Multi-pen plotters
- Laser Doppler anemometers
- Scanning probe microscopes SPM
- Aligners
- Ellipsometers
- Radio frequency sensors
- Subsonic wind tunnels
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Infrared thermography cameras
- Cryogenic apparatus
- Spin-coaters
- Torque transducers
- Computed tomography CT systems
- Wire bonders
- Projection lithography equipment
- Video editing equipment
- Force transducers
- Accelerometers
- Environmental testing chambers
- Optical sensors
- X ray radiographic systems
- Supersonic wind tunnels
- Wafer dicing saws
- Optical laser scanners
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Function generators
- Vapor deposition tube furnaces
- Evaporation systems
- Contact testers
- Surface profilometers
- Wire electrical discharge machines
- Personal computers
- Anodic wafer bonding systems
- Spectrum analyzers
- Velocity transducers
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Fused deposition modeling FDM machines
- Analog to digital converters
- Digital to analog converters
- Wafer bonding systems
- Fluorescence spectrometers
- Plasma etchers
- Torsional converters
- Sputtering systems
- Digital particle image velocimeters
- Strain gauges
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- G-code
- Rockwell Automation
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Microsoft Excel
- Life cycle cost software
- Data acquisition software
- Microsoft Access
- Metrix Imageware Surfacer
- Adobe Systems Adobe ActionScript
- Design of experiments DOE software
- COSMOSWorks
- Computer numerical control CNC software
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Rapid prototyping software
- C++
- Failure mode and effects analysis FMEA software
- Video analysis software
- Autodesk Revit
- Intergraph Plant Design System PDS
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Microsoft Visio
- Cost estimation software
- Failure assessment software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- ReliaSoft BlockSim
- Bentley MicroStation
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Hewlett-Packard HP Graphics Language HPGL
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- ReliaSoft Alta 6 Pro
- 1CadCam Unigraphics
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- SAP
- Ladder Logic
- Accelerated life testing software
- Blue Ridge Numerics CFDesign
- Microsoft Word
- Mathsoft Mathcad
- Human machine interface HMI software
- Microsoft Office
- MAYA Nastran
- Microsoft Project
- Motion analysis software
- Mesh generation software
- Reverse engineering software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Finite element method FEM software
- ANSYS
- Statistical software
- C
- Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- Verilog
- Minitab
- Modal analysis software
- Computational fluid dynamics CFD software
- Statistical energy analysis SEA software
- UGS I-DEAS
- Lambda Research OSLO
- Reliability analysis software
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Sigmetrix CETOL 6 Sigma
- Optical analysis software
- Bill of materials software
- IBM Notes
- ReliaSoft Weibull++ 6
- MUMPS M
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- Grid generation software
- InnovMetric PolyWorks
- Zemax