Will “Equipment Engineer” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

1.1% Chance of Automation

“Equipment Engineer” will not be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #53 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍

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…

Tasks for “Equipment Engineer”

Calculate energy losses for buildings, using equipment such as computers, combustion analyzers, or pressure gauges.
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.
Provide feedback to design engineers on customer problems or needs.
Develop or test models of alternate designs or processing methods to assess feasibility, sustainability, operating condition effects, potential new applications, or necessity of modification.
Perform personnel functions, such as supervision of production workers, technicians, technologists, or other engineers.
Design integrated mechanical or alternative systems, such as mechanical cooling systems with natural ventilation systems, to improve energy efficiency.
Evaluate mechanical designs or prototypes for energy performance or environmental impact.
Estimate costs or submit bids for engineering, construction, or extraction projects.
Select or install combined heat units, power units, cogeneration equipment, or trigeneration equipment that reduces energy use or pollution.
Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.
Research, design, evaluate, install, operate, or maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems or processes to meet requirements.
Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, or computer-generated reports.
Confer with engineers or other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, or provide technical information.
Apply engineering principles or practices to emerging fields, such as robotics, waste management, or biomedical engineering.
Develop, coordinate, or monitor all aspects of production, including selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, or operation of product designs.
Provide technical customer service.
Study industrial processes to maximize the efficiency of equipment applications, including equipment placement.
Conduct research that tests or analyzes the feasibility, design, operation, or performance of equipment, components, or systems.
Solicit new business.
Direct the installation, operation, maintenance, or repair of renewable energy equipment, such as heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) or water systems.
Recommend the use of utility or energy services that minimize carbon footprints.
Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications, manuals, or other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, or maintenance requirements of designs or applications.
Design test control apparatus or equipment or develop procedures for testing products.
Assist drafters in developing the structural design of products, using drafting tools or computer-assisted drafting equipment or software.
Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, or repair to ensure that machines or equipment are installed and functioning according to specifications.
Write performance requirements for product development or engineering projects.
Investigate equipment failures or difficulties to diagnose faulty operation and recommend remedial actions.

Related Technology & Tools

Multi-pen plotters
Laser Doppler anemometers
Plasma etchers
Optical sensors
Position transducers
Wire electrical discharge machines
Stylus profilometers
Strain gauges
Wafer dicing saws
Chemical-mechanical polishing equipment
Anodic wafer bonding systems
Contact testers
Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
Analog to digital converters
Vibration isolators
Vibration testers
Deep reactive ion etchers DRIE
Subsonic wind tunnels
Heat exchangers
Spin-coaters
Fused deposition modeling FDM machines
Interferometric microscopes
Pattern generators
Radio frequency sensors
Wafer bonding systems
Evaporation systems
Servohydraulic material testing machines
Flip-chip wafer bonding systems
Pitot tubes
Vibration control systems
Computed tomography CT systems
Torque transducers
X ray tubes
Dynamometers
Photoelastic testing machines
Steppers
Torsional converters
Projection lithography equipment
Oscilloscopes
Air compressors
Digital particle image velocimeters
Aligners
Force transducers
Digital to analog converters
X ray radiographic systems
Fluorescence spectrometers
Cryogenic apparatus
Velocity transducers
Dynamic strain indicators
Interferometers
Surface profilometers
Sputtering systems
Programmable logic controllers PLC
Multimeters
Infrared thermography cameras
Vapor deposition tube furnaces
Coordinate measuring machines CMM
Ellipsometers
Environmental testing chambers
Video editing equipment
Function generators
Optical laser scanners
Accelerometers
Rapid thermal processing systems
Supersonic wind tunnels
Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Personal computers
Precision positioning tables
Scanning probe microscopes SPM
Laser Doppler velocimeters LDV
Contact lithography equipment
Spectrum analyzers
Wire bonders
Laser digitizers
Nano indentation systems
Acoustic emission AE sensors

Computer numerical control CNC software
Modal analysis software
Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
InnovMetric PolyWorks
Cost estimation software
Data acquisition software
Microsoft Word
Failure mode and effects analysis FMEA software
Zemax
Autodesk AutoCAD
Finite element method FEM software
Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
Statistical software
Statistical energy analysis SEA software
COSMOSWorks
C++
PTC Creo Parametric
Lambda Research OSLO
C
ReliaSoft Alta 6 Pro
Sigmetrix CETOL 6 Sigma
Rapid prototyping software
UGS I-DEAS
ReliaSoft Weibull++ 6
Mathsoft Mathcad
Ladder Logic
Microsoft Visual Basic
ANSYS
National Instruments LabVIEW
Reliability analysis software
Video analysis software
Microsoft Visio
Hewlett-Packard HP Graphics Language HPGL
Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
Optical analysis software
Life cycle cost software
Mesh generation software
Microsoft Access
Motion analysis software
Intergraph Plant Design System PDS
Design of experiments DOE software
G-code
Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Systems Adobe ActionScript
MAYA Nastran
Failure assessment software
Accelerated life testing software
Bill of materials software
Bentley MicroStation
IBM Notes
Rockwell Automation
Metrix Imageware Surfacer
MUMPS M
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
Microsoft Project
SAP
ReliaSoft BlockSim
The MathWorks MATLAB
Microsoft Office
ESRI ArcGIS software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Reverse engineering software
Microsoft PowerPoint
Autodesk Revit
Human machine interface HMI software
Minitab
Dassault Systemes CATIA
Grid generation software
Microsoft Excel
1CadCam Unigraphics
Computational fluid dynamics CFD software
Verilog
Blue Ridge Numerics CFDesign