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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 “Laboratory Technician (Lab Technician)”
- Order new test equipment, supplies, or replacement parts.
- 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.
- Fabricate new or modify existing prototype components or fixtures.
- Monitor computer-controlled test equipment, according to written or verbal instructions.
- 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.
- Improve fuel efficiency by testing vehicles or components that use lighter materials, such as aluminum, magnesium alloy, or plastic.
- 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 test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.
- Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, work specifications, drawings, or charts.
- Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.
- Maintain test equipment in operational condition by performing routine maintenance or making minor repairs or adjustments as needed.
- 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.
- 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.
- Participate in research or testing of computerized automotive applications, such as telemetrics, intelligent transportation systems, artificial intelligence, or automatic control.
Related Technology & Tools
- Oscilloscopes
- Pin gauges
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Calipers
- Vibration testers
- Environmental chambers
- Leakage testers
- Electronic engine analyzers
- Frequency counters
- Force gauges
- Engine lathes
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Exhaust gas analyzers
- Compression testers
- Timing lights
- Function generators
- Multimeters
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Crack detection equipment
- Ignition oscilloscopes
- High-vacuum tensile testing chambers
- Plasma cutters
- Flow benches
- Chassis dynamometers
- Computerized numerical control CNC turning centers
- Data acquisition software
- Microsoft Word
- SAP
- Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical
- Microsoft Office
- IBM Notes
- Computer aided design CAD software
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- PTC Creo Parametric
- Autodesk Inventor
- Microsoft Excel
- Road simulators
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software