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