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