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