Will “Failure Analysis Technician” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

1.1% Chance of Automation

“Failure Analysis Technician” 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 “Failure Analysis Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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