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