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