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