Will “Installation Engineer” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

1.1% Chance of Automation

“Installation 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 “Installation Engineer”

Evaluate mechanical designs or prototypes for energy performance or environmental impact.
Study industrial processes to maximize the efficiency of equipment applications, including equipment placement.
Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.
Develop, coordinate, or monitor all aspects of production, including selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, or operation of product designs.
Write performance requirements for product development or engineering projects.
Recommend the use of utility or energy services that minimize carbon footprints.
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.
Provide feedback to design engineers on customer problems or needs.
Design integrated mechanical or alternative systems, such as mechanical cooling systems with natural ventilation systems, to improve energy efficiency.
Establish or coordinate the maintenance or safety procedures, service schedule, or supply of materials required to maintain machines or equipment in the prescribed condition.
Provide technical customer service.
Solicit new business.
Confer with engineers or other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, or provide technical information.
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.
Perform personnel functions, such as supervision of production workers, technicians, technologists, or other engineers.
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.
Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications, manuals, or other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, or maintenance requirements of designs or applications.
Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, or computer-generated reports.
Calculate energy losses for buildings, using equipment such as computers, combustion analyzers, or pressure gauges.
Investigate equipment failures or difficulties to diagnose faulty operation and recommend remedial actions.
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.
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.
Select or install combined heat units, power units, cogeneration equipment, or trigeneration equipment that reduces energy use or pollution.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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