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