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