Will “Auto Design Checker” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
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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”
- Document test results, using cameras, spreadsheets, documents, or other tools.
- Set up mechanical, hydraulic, or electric test equipment in accordance with engineering specifications, standards, or test procedures.
- Analyze test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.
- Order new test equipment, supplies, or replacement parts.
- Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, work specifications, drawings, or charts.
- 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.
- Recommend tests or testing conditions in accordance with designs, customer requirements, or industry standards to ensure test validity.
- Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.
- Build instrumentation or laboratory test equipment for special purposes.
- 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.
- Install equipment, such as instrumentation, test equipment, engines, or aftermarket products, to ensure proper interfaces.
- Inspect or test parts to determine nature or cause of defects or malfunctions.
- Fabricate new or modify existing prototype components or fixtures.
- Improve fuel efficiency by testing vehicles or components that use lighter materials, such as aluminum, magnesium alloy, or plastic.
- Perform or execute manual or automated tests of automotive system or component performance, efficiency, or durability.
- Maintain test equipment in operational condition by performing routine maintenance or making minor repairs or adjustments as needed.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Function generators
- Plasma cutters
- Timing lights
- Electronic engine analyzers
- Chassis dynamometers
- Force gauges
- Vibration testers
- Crack detection equipment
- Multimeters
- Leakage testers
- Pin gauges
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Frequency counters
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Ignition oscilloscopes
- Oscilloscopes
- Exhaust gas analyzers
- Engine lathes
- Calipers
- Environmental chambers
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning centers
- Compression testers
- Flow benches
- Autodesk Inventor
- Microsoft Office
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Microsoft Word
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- SAP
- IBM Notes
- Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical
- Road simulators
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Data acquisition software
- Microsoft Excel