Job Description:

• 1) Researches, plans, and designs mechanical and electromechanical products and systems, and directs and coordinates activities involved in fabrication, operation, application, installation, and repair of mechanical or electromechanical products and systems: Researches and analyzes data, such as customer design proposal, specifications, and manuals to determine feasibility of design or application.

• 2) Designs products or systems, such as instruments, controls, robots, engines, machines, and mechanical, thermal, hydraulic, or heat transfer systems, applying knowledge of engineering principles.

• 3) Directs and coordinates fabrication and installation activities to ensure products and systems conform to engineering design and customer specifications.

• 4) Coordinates operation, maintenance, and repair activities to obtain optimum utilization of machines and equipment.

• 5) May design products and systems to interface machines, hardware, and software.

• 6) May evaluate field installations and recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.

• 7) May specialize in specific field of mechanical engineering, such as heat transfer, hydraulics, electromechanics, controls and instrumentation, robotics, nuclear systems, tooling, air-conditioning and refrigeration; or in type of product, such as propulsion systems or machinery and mechanical equipment; or in type of work, such as steam or gas generation and distribution, steam plant engineering, or system planning.