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Job Description
Assist mechanical engineers in such activities as generation, transmission, or use of mechanical or fluid energy. Prepare layouts of machinery or equipment or plan the flow of work. May conduct statistical studies or analyze production costs.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3029.07
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Mechanical Engineering Technologists”.
Also Known As…
- Mechanical Engineering Technologists
- Tooling Engineering Tech
- Technical Staff Engineer
- Senior Process Analyst
- Senior Designer
- Mechanical Designer/Wind-Chill Administrator
- Mechanical Designer
- Engineering Technologist
- Engineering Tech
- Engineer Technical Staff
- CAD Designer (Computer Aided Design Designer)
- Tool Analyst
- Senior Advisory
- Mechanical Technologist
- Mechanical Maintenance
- Mechanical Engineering Technologist
- Lead Manufacturing Engineering Tech
- Engineering Technical Analyst
- Apparatus Engineering Technologist
Tasks for “Engineering Tech”
- Design molds, tools, dies, jigs, or fixtures for use in manufacturing processes.
- Oversee, monitor, or inspect mechanical installations or construction projects.
- Assist mechanical engineers in product testing through activities such as setting up instrumentation for automobile crash tests.
- Conduct failure analyses, document results, and recommend corrective actions.
- Prepare cost and materials estimates or project schedules.
- Perform routine maintenance on equipment, such as leak detectors, glove boxes, or mechanical pumps.
- Conduct statistical studies to analyze or compare production costs for sustainable and nonsustainable designs.
- Prepare layouts of machinery, tools, plants, or equipment.
- Analyze energy requirements and distribution systems to maximize the use of intermittent or inflexible renewable energy sources, such as wind or nuclear.
- Test machines, components, materials, or products to determine characteristics such as performance, strength, or response to stress.
- Design specialized or customized equipment, machines, or structures.
- Assist engineers to design or develop electrochemical devices, such as solid oxide membranes or other products for sustainable applications.
- Inspect and test mechanical equipment.
- Interpret engineering sketches, specifications, or drawings.
- Analyze or estimate production costs, such as labor, equipment, or plant space.
- Assist engineers to design, develop, test, or manufacture industrial machinery, consumer products, or other equipment.
- Prepare specifications, designs, or sketches for machines, components, or systems related to the generation, transmission, or use of mechanical or fluid energy.
- Provide technical support to other employees regarding mechanical design, fabrication, testing, or documentation.
- Prepare equipment inspection schedules, reliability schedules, work plans, or other records.
- Assemble or disassemble complex mechanical systems.
- Apply testing or monitoring apparatus to operating equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Wind tunnels
- Hydraulic presses
- Open channel flow apparatuses
- Superfinishing machines
- Surface grinding machines
- Lapping machines
- Grinding machines
- Cold cut chop saws
- Internal grinding machines
- Photoelastic testing machines
- Electronic strain gauges
- Personal computers
- Oxygen bomb calorimeters
- Fused deposition modeling FDM machines
- Three-dimensional laser digitizers
- Pneumatic ratchets
- Lathes
- Drill presses
- Compression testers
- Centerless grinding machines
- Manual load frames
- Torsion testers
- Polarimeters
- Binocular compound microscopes
- Power sheet metal shears
- Hardness testers
- Dual centrifuges
- Heat treatment furnaces
- Three-dimensional prototyping printer
- Laptop computers
- Bench grinders
- Tool grinders
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Boring machines
- Dual column bandsaws
- Sound level meters
- Hydraulic benches
- Absorption dynamometers
- Milling machines
- Constant temperature baths
- Selective laser sintering SLS systems
- Micro mills
- Vibration monitors
- Hydrostatics benches
- Tensile testers
- Fatigue testing machines
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Laminated object manufacturing LOM systems
- Impact testers
- Plastic injection molding machines
- Servohydraulic load frames
- Fume hoods
- Computerized scales
- Universal testing machines
- Analytical balances
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Micro lathes
- Microfluidic particle imaging velocimetry PIV systems
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Spectrometers
- Digital hardness testers
- Angle grinders
- Polishing machines
- Optical comparators
- Intellisense Intellisuite
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Stereolithography SLA rapid prototyping systems
- PTC Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica
- Microsoft Office
- ProModel
- Data acquisition software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
- Finite element method FEM software
- ANSYS
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Mathsoft Mathcad
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- TekSoft CAMWorks
- ANSYS FLUENT
- Bentley Microstation
- Microsoft Outlook
- Autodesk Inventor
- Computer aided design CAD software