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