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