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