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