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Job Description
Assist engineers in determining the practicality of proposed product design changes and plan and carry out tests on experimental test devices or equipment for performance, durability, or efficiency.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3027.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Automotive Engineering Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Automotive Engineering Technicians
- Test Engineer
- Research Technician
- Laboratory Technician (Lab Technician)
- Engineering Team Supervisor
- Emissions Engineer
- Durability Technician
- Automotive Engineering Technician
Tasks for “Auto Design Checker”
- Build instrumentation or laboratory test equipment for special purposes.
- Perform or execute manual or automated tests of automotive system or component performance, efficiency, or durability.
- Fabricate new or modify existing prototype components or fixtures.
- Inspect or test parts to determine nature or cause of defects or malfunctions.
- Document test results, using cameras, spreadsheets, documents, or other tools.
- Install equipment, such as instrumentation, test equipment, engines, or aftermarket products, to ensure proper interfaces.
- Analyze test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.
- Set up mechanical, hydraulic, or electric test equipment in accordance with engineering specifications, standards, or test procedures.
- Analyze performance of vehicles or components that have been redesigned to increase fuel efficiency, such as camless or dual-clutch engines or alternative types of air-conditioning systems.
- Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, work specifications, drawings, or charts.
- Recommend tests or testing conditions in accordance with designs, customer requirements, or industry standards to ensure test validity.
- Improve fuel efficiency by testing vehicles or components that use lighter materials, such as aluminum, magnesium alloy, or plastic.
- Maintain test equipment in operational condition by performing routine maintenance or making minor repairs or adjustments as needed.
- Order new test equipment, supplies, or replacement parts.
- Participate in research or testing of computerized automotive applications, such as telemetrics, intelligent transportation systems, artificial intelligence, or automatic control.
- Monitor computer-controlled test equipment, according to written or verbal instructions.
- Test performance of vehicles that use alternative fuels, such as alcohol blends, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, biodiesel, nano diesel, or alternative power methods, such as solar energy or hydrogen fuel cells.
- Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Leakage testers
- Engine lathes
- Timing lights
- Oscilloscopes
- Calipers
- Electronic engine analyzers
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning centers
- Plasma cutters
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Flow benches
- Compression testers
- Pin gauges
- Environmental chambers
- Crack detection equipment
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Ignition oscilloscopes
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Exhaust gas analyzers
- Force gauges
- Function generators
- Multimeters
- Frequency counters
- Vibration testers
- Chassis dynamometers
- SAP
- Microsoft Office
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Data acquisition software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- IBM Notes
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Road simulators
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Autodesk Inventor
- Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software