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