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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”
- Analyze test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.
- Fabricate new or modify existing prototype components or fixtures.
- Participate in research or testing of computerized automotive applications, such as telemetrics, intelligent transportation systems, artificial intelligence, or automatic control.
- Build instrumentation or laboratory test equipment for special purposes.
- 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.
- Perform or execute manual or automated tests of automotive system or component performance, efficiency, or durability.
- Order new test equipment, supplies, or replacement parts.
- 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.
- 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.
- Maintain test equipment in operational condition by performing routine maintenance or making minor repairs or adjustments as needed.
- Inspect or test parts to determine nature or cause of defects or malfunctions.
- Monitor computer-controlled test equipment, according to written or verbal instructions.
- Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Compression testers
- Chassis dynamometers
- Oscilloscopes
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Ignition oscilloscopes
- Calipers
- Timing lights
- Vibration testers
- Crack detection equipment
- Multimeters
- Environmental chambers
- Function generators
- Engine lathes
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning centers
- Force gauges
- Electronic engine analyzers
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Leakage testers
- Flow benches
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Frequency counters
- Exhaust gas analyzers
- Pin gauges
- Plasma cutters
- Microsoft Office
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Autodesk Inventor
- Microsoft Word
- Data acquisition software
- Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft Excel
- SAP
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Road simulators