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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
- 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
- Combustion Engineer
- Car Designer
- Brake Engineer
- Body Engineer
- Automation Engineer
- Auto Research Engineer
- Air Conditioning Engineer
Tasks for “Hydraulic Engineer”
- Recommend the use of utility or energy services that minimize carbon footprints.
- Solicit new business.
- Provide technical customer service.
- Select or install combined heat units, power units, cogeneration equipment, or trigeneration equipment that reduces energy use or pollution.
- Evaluate mechanical designs or prototypes for energy performance or environmental impact.
- Investigate equipment failures or difficulties to diagnose faulty operation and recommend remedial actions.
- 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.
- Provide feedback to design engineers on customer problems or needs.
- Estimate costs or submit bids for engineering, construction, or extraction projects.
- 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.
- Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.
- Develop or test models of alternate designs or processing methods to assess feasibility, sustainability, operating condition effects, potential new applications, or necessity of modification.
- Conduct research that tests or analyzes the feasibility, design, operation, or performance of equipment, components, or systems.
- Research, design, evaluate, install, operate, or maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems or processes to meet requirements.
- Write performance requirements for product development or engineering projects.
- Calculate energy losses for buildings, using equipment such as computers, combustion analyzers, or pressure gauges.
- Confer with engineers or other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, or provide technical information.
- 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.
- Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, or computer-generated reports.
- Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design, performance specifications, or environmental regulations.
- 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.
- Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, or repair to ensure that machines or equipment are installed and functioning according to specifications.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Subsonic wind tunnels
- Stylus profilometers
- Spectrum analyzers
- Ellipsometers
- Pitot tubes
- Wire bonders
- Heat exchangers
- Contact testers
- Projection lithography equipment
- Pattern generators
- Infrared thermography cameras
- Laser Doppler anemometers
- Accelerometers
- Velocity transducers
- Multimeters
- Function generators
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Interferometric microscopes
- Servohydraulic material testing machines
- Radio frequency sensors
- Computed tomography CT systems
- Digital particle image velocimeters
- Deep reactive ion etchers DRIE
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Dynamic strain indicators
- Precision positioning tables
- Contact lithography equipment
- Rapid thermal processing systems
- Personal computers
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Plasma etchers
- Nano indentation systems
- Anodic wafer bonding systems
- Video editing equipment
- Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
- Flip-chip wafer bonding systems
- Vibration control systems
- Spin-coaters
- Wafer dicing saws
- Scanning probe microscopes SPM
- Interferometers
- Environmental testing chambers
- Cryogenic apparatus
- Fluorescence spectrometers
- Vibration testers
- Analog to digital converters
- Optical laser scanners
- Supersonic wind tunnels
- Sputtering systems
- Wafer bonding systems
- Photoelastic testing machines
- Acoustic emission AE sensors
- Laser Doppler velocimeters LDV
- Torque transducers
- Vapor deposition tube furnaces
- Optical sensors
- Multi-pen plotters
- Strain gauges
- Aligners
- Wire electrical discharge machines
- Vibration isolators
- Digital to analog converters
- Chemical-mechanical polishing equipment
- Dynamometers
- Laser digitizers
- Evaporation systems
- Torsional converters
- Fused deposition modeling FDM machines
- Surface profilometers
- Position transducers
- X ray tubes
- Force transducers
- Steppers
- Air compressors
- X ray radiographic systems
- Oscilloscopes
- Human machine interface HMI software
- UGS I-DEAS
- ANSYS
- 1CadCam Unigraphics
- Minitab
- Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- COSMOSWorks
- Computer numerical control CNC software
- Failure assessment software
- Modal analysis software
- Failure mode and effects analysis FMEA software
- SAP
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Microsoft Word
- G-code
- Rapid prototyping software
- Bill of materials software
- Motion analysis software
- Zemax
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Mesh generation software
- Accelerated life testing software
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Statistical software
- Reliability analysis software
- Autodesk Revit
- C
- IBM Notes
- Optical analysis software
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Statistical energy analysis SEA software
- Design of experiments DOE software
- Microsoft Office
- Cost estimation software
- Dassault Systems SOLIDWORKS
- MUMPS M
- MAYA Nastran
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Lambda Research OSLO
- Data acquisition software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Video analysis software
- ReliaSoft BlockSim
- Computational fluid dynamics CFD software
- Sigmetrix CETOL 6 Sigma
- Metrix Imageware Surfacer
- Finite element method FEM software
- Microsoft Excel
- C++
- Ladder Logic
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Bentley MicroStation
- Verilog
- InnovMetric PolyWorks
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Hewlett-Packard HP Graphics Language HPGL
- Grid generation software
- Blue Ridge Numerics CFDesign
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Adobe Systems Adobe ActionScript
- Rockwell Automation
- Intergraph Plant Design System PDS
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Microsoft Access
- Life cycle cost software
- ReliaSoft Alta 6 Pro
- Reverse engineering software
- ReliaSoft Weibull++ 6
- Mathsoft Mathcad
- Microsoft Visio
- PTC Creo Parametric