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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 “Engineering Team Supervisor”
- Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.
- 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.
- Order new test equipment, supplies, or replacement parts.
- Analyze test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.
- 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.
- Set up mechanical, hydraulic, or electric test equipment in accordance with engineering specifications, standards, or test procedures.
- 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.
- 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.
- Inspect or test parts to determine nature or cause of defects or malfunctions.
- Participate in research or testing of computerized automotive applications, such as telemetrics, intelligent transportation systems, artificial intelligence, or automatic control.
- Recommend tests or testing conditions in accordance with designs, customer requirements, or industry standards to ensure test validity.
- Build instrumentation or laboratory test equipment for special purposes.
- Document test results, using cameras, spreadsheets, documents, or other tools.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Exhaust gas analyzers
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Crack detection equipment
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Force gauges
- Engine lathes
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Environmental chambers
- Leakage testers
- Calipers
- Timing lights
- Multimeters
- Frequency counters
- Vibration testers
- Flow benches
- Compression testers
- Oscilloscopes
- Plasma cutters
- Electronic engine analyzers
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning centers
- Function generators
- Pin gauges
- Ignition oscilloscopes
- Chassis dynamometers
- PTC Creo Parametric
- IBM Notes
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Data acquisition software
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Road simulators
- Autodesk Inventor
- Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Microsoft Office
- SAP