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