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