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