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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
- Auto Design Checker
Tasks for “Emissions Engineer”
- Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, work specifications, drawings, or charts.
- Install equipment, such as instrumentation, test equipment, engines, or aftermarket products, to ensure proper interfaces.
- 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.
- Monitor computer-controlled test equipment, according to written or verbal instructions.
- Fabricate new or modify existing prototype components or fixtures.
- Order new test equipment, supplies, or replacement parts.
- Analyze test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.
- 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.
- Document test results, using cameras, spreadsheets, documents, or other tools.
- Improve fuel efficiency by testing vehicles or components that use lighter materials, such as aluminum, magnesium alloy, or plastic.
- Set up mechanical, hydraulic, or electric test equipment in accordance with engineering specifications, standards, or test procedures.
- Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.
- Participate in research or testing of computerized automotive applications, such as telemetrics, intelligent transportation systems, artificial intelligence, or automatic control.
- 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.
- 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.
- Recommend tests or testing conditions in accordance with designs, customer requirements, or industry standards to ensure test validity.
Related Technology & Tools
- Electronic engine analyzers
- Frequency counters
- Crack detection equipment
- Force gauges
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Calipers
- Function generators
- Flow benches
- Compression testers
- Timing lights
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Ignition oscilloscopes
- Pin gauges
- Plasma cutters
- Engine lathes
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning centers
- Leakage testers
- Multimeters
- Chassis dynamometers
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Exhaust gas analyzers
- Vibration testers
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Environmental chambers
- Oscilloscopes
- IBM Notes
- Road simulators
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Autodesk Inventor
- Data acquisition software
- Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- SAP
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software