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