Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, engines, machines, and other mechanically functioning equipment. Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of such equipment as centralized heat, gas, water, and steam systems.

Other names for Mechanical Engineers: Air Conditioning Engineer, Auto Research Engineer, Automation Engineer, Automotive Designer, Automotive Engineer, Body Engineer, Brake Engineer, Combustion Engineer, Cooling and Heating Systems Design Engineer, Cryogenics Engineer, Design Engineer, Diesel Engineer, Distribution Engineer, Dust Control Engineer, Engine Designer, Equipment Engineer, Erecting Engineer, Facilities Mechanical Design Engineer, Failure Analysis Technician, Field Service Engineer, Heating Engineer, HVAC Engineer (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning Engineer), Hydraulic Engineer, Installation Engineer, Internal Combustion Engineer, Machine Design Engineer, Machine Tool Designer, Manufacturing Applications Engineer, Mechanical Design Engineer, Mechanical Design Facilities or Products Engineer, Mechanical Development Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Equipment Test Engineer, Mechanical Research Engineer, Motorcycle Designer, Plant Equipment Engineer, Product Engineer, Products Mechanical Design Engineer, Refrigeration Engineer, Roller Coaster Designer, Sheet Metal Engineer, Solar Energy Systems Designer, Solar Engineer, Stress Analyst, Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE), Test Inspection Engineer, Textile Engineer, Tool and Die Engineer, Tool Design Engineer, Tool Designer, Tool Designer Apprentice, Tool Engineer, Tooling Engineer, Utilization Engineer, Validation Engineer, Validation Specialist, Ventilating Engineer, Ventilating Expert, Weapons Designer, Weapons Engineer,

• Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports.
• Confer with engineers and other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, and provide technical information.
• Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications, manuals, and other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, and maintenance requirements of designs or applications.
• Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.
• Research, design, evaluate, install, operate, and maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems and processes to meet requirements, applying knowledge of engineering principles.
• Investigate equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations to maintenance crew.
• Assist drafters in developing the structural design of products using drafting tools or computer-assisted design (CAD) or drafting equipment and software.
• Provide feedback to design engineers on customer problems and needs.
• Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair to ensure that machines and equipment are installed and functioning according to specifications.
• Conduct research that tests and analyzes the feasibility, design, operation and performance of equipment, components and systems.
• Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.
• Develop and test models of alternate designs and processing methods to assess feasibility, operating condition effects, possible new applications and necessity of modification.
• Develop, coordinate, and monitor all aspects of production, including selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, and operation of product designs.
• Estimate costs and submit bids for engineering, construction, or extraction projects, and prepare contract documents.
• Perform personnel functions such as supervision of production workers, technicians, technologists and other engineers, or design of evaluation programs.
• Solicit new business and provide technical customer service.
• Establish and coordinate the maintenance and safety procedures, service schedule, and supply of materials required to maintain machines and equipment in the prescribed condition.
• Study industrial processes to determine where and how application of equipment can be made.
• Write performance requirements for product development or engineering projects.
• Apply engineering principles and practices to emerging fields such as robotics, waste management, and biomedical engineering.
• Design test control apparatus and equipment and develop procedures for testing products.

• Accelerometers
• Acoustic sensors
• Air compressors
• Semiconductor process systems
• Voltage comparator integrated circuits
• Semiconductor process systems
• Grinding or polishing machines
• Medical computed tomography CT or CAT complete stationery unit installations
• Semiconductor process systems
• High voltage cable detection
• Coordinate measuring machines CMM
• Infrared spectrometers
• Semiconductor process systems
• Flowmeters
• Voltage comparator integrated circuits
• Strain gauges
• Dynamometers
• Thickness measuring devices
• Semiconductor process systems
• Semiconductor process systems
• Spectrometers
• Force or torque sensors
• Signal generators
• Cold forming presses
• Heat exchangers
• Infrared imagers
• Interferometers
• Interferometers
• Scanners
• Flowmeters
• Flowmeters
• Plotter printers
• Multimeters
• Hardness testers
• Coordinate measuring machines CMM
• Fiber sensors
• Oscilloscopes
• Signal generators
• Personal computers
• Photoelastic testing instruments
• Flowmeters
• Semiconductor process systems
• Proximity sensors
• Semiconductor process systems
• Microcontrollers
• Semiconductor process systems
• Proximity sensors
• Cold forming presses
• Scanning electron microscopes
• Scanning probe microscopes
• Scanning probe microscopes
• Fatigue testers
• Interferometers
• Semiconductor process systems
• Semiconductor process systems
• Step drive or stepper drive or step indexer
• Strain gauges
• Roughness measuring instruments
• Flow transmitters
• Flow transmitters
• Roughness measuring instruments
• Force or torque sensors
• Torque converters
• Programmable tube furnaces
• Speed sensors
• Machine mounts or vibration isolators
• Machine mounts or vibration isolators
• Vibration testers
• Video editors
• Semiconductor process systems
• Semiconductor process systems
• Semiconductor process systems
• Wire cathode electrode discharge machine
• X ray radiography examination equipment
• X ray radiography examination equipment

Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software

Project management software

Financial analysis software

Video creation and editing software

Word processing software

Presentation software

Spreadsheet software

Data base user interface and query software

Development environment software

Object or component oriented development software

Computer aided design CAD software

Analytical or scientific software

Industrial control software

Computer aided manufacturing CAM software