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Automotive Engineering Technicians

Tasks


Tasks Include:

  • Perform or execute manual or automated tests of automotive system or component performance, efficiency, or durability.
  • Recommend product or component design improvements based on data and observations.
  • Analyze test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.
  • Calibrate test equipment.
  • Document test results, using cameras, spreadsheets, documents, or other tools.
  • Fabricate prototype components or fixtures, or modify existing prototypes.
  • Inspect or test parts to determine nature or cause of defects or malfunctions.
  • Install equipment, such as instrumentation, test equipment, engines, or aftermarket products, to ensure proper interfaces.
  • Maintain test equipment in operational condition by performing routine maintenance or making minor repairs or adjustments as needed.
  • Monitor computer-controlled test equipment, according to written or verbal instructions.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, work specifications, drawings, or charts.
  • Recommend tests or testing conditions in accordance with designs, customer requirements, or industry standards to ensure test validity.
  • Set up mechanical, hydraulic, or electric test equipment in accordance with engineering specifications, standards, or test procedures.
  • Develop instrumentation and laboratory test equipment for special purposes.
  • Order new test equipment, supplies, or replacement parts.
  • Analyze performance of vehicles or components that have been redesigned to increase fuel efficiency, such as camless or dual-clutch engines or alternative types of air-conditioning systems.
  • Improve fuel efficiency by testing vehicles or components that use lighter materials, such as aluminum, magnesium alloy, or plastic.
  • Participate in research or testing of computerized automotive applications, such as telemetrics, intelligent transportation systems, artificial intelligence, or automatic control.
  • Test performance of vehicles that use alternative fuels, such as alcohol blends, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, biodiesel, nanodiesel, or alternative power methods, such as solar energy or hydrogen fuel cells.


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