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