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