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