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