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