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