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