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