Will “Products Mechanical Design Engineer” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

1.1% Chance of Automation

“Products Mechanical Design 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 “Products Mechanical Design Engineer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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