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17-2141.00 — Mechanical Engineers

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Technology Skills
Analytical or scientific software
  • Accelerated life testing software
  • ANSYS simulation software
  • Blue Ridge Numerics CFDesign
  • Computational fluid dynamics CFD software
  • Data acquisition software
  • Design of experiments DOE software
  • Failure mode and effects analysis FMEA software
  • Finite element method FEM software
  • Grid generation software
  • Life cycle cost software
  • MAYA Nastran
  • Mesh generation software
  • Minitab
  • Modal analysis software
  • Motion analysis software
  • Reliability analysis software
  • ReliaSoft Alta 6 Pro
  • ReliaSoft BlockSim
  • ReliaSoft Weibull++ 6
  • Sigmetrix CETOL 6 Sigma
  • Statistical energy analysis SEA software
  • Statistical software
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Video analysis software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software
  • Microsoft SharePoint
Computer aided design CAD software
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
  • Autodesk Revit
  • Bentley MicroStation
  • Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
  • Dassault Systemes CATIA
  • Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
  • Failure assessment software
  • InnovMetric PolyWorks
  • Intergraph Plant Design System PDS
  • Lambda Research OSLO
  • Mathsoft Mathcad
  • Metrix Imageware Surfacer
  • Optical analysis software
  • PTC Creo Parametric
  • Reverse engineering software
  • SolidWorks COSMOSWorks
  • UGS I-DEAS
  • Zemax
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
  • 1CadCam Unigraphics
  • Rapid prototyping software
Configuration management software
  • Chef
  • Perforce Helix software
  • Puppet
Customer relationship management CRM software
  • Microsoft Dynamics
Data base management system software
  • Teradata Database
Data base user interface and query software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft SQL Server
Development environment software
  • Adobe ActionScript
  • C
  • Hewlett-Packard HP Graphics Language HPGL
  • Ladder Logic
  • Microsoft Visual Basic
  • Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA
  • MUMPS M
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • Rockwell Automation software
  • Verilog
Electronic mail software
  • IBM Notes
  • Microsoft Exchange
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
  • SAP software
Financial analysis software
  • Cost estimating software
Geographic information system
  • ESRI ArcGIS software
  • Geographic information system GIS software
Graphics or photo imaging software
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • SmugMug Flickr
  • Trimble SketchUp Pro
Industrial control software
  • Computer numerical control CNC software
  • Human machine interface HMI software
  • Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
Instant messaging software
  • Blink
Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
  • Bill of materials software
Object or component oriented development software
  • C++
  • G-code
  • Perl
  • Python
  • R
Office suite software
  • Microsoft Office software
Operating system software
  • Shell script
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Process mapping and design software
  • Microsoft Visio
Project management software
  • Microsoft Project
  • Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Word processing software
  • Microsoft Word
Tools Used
Accelerometers
Acoustic sensors
  • Acoustic emission AE sensors
Air compressors
Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Optical laser scanners
Dynamometers
Fatigue testers
  • Servohydraulic material testing machines
Fiber sensors
  • Optical sensors
Flow transmitters
  • Subsonic wind tunnels
  • Supersonic wind tunnels
Flowmeters
  • Digital particle image velocimeters
  • Laser Doppler anemometers
  • Laser Doppler velocimeters LDV
  • Pitot tubes
Force or torque sensors
  • Force transducers
  • Torque transducers
Frequency analyzers
  • Spectrum analyzers
Fused deposition modeling machine
  • Fused deposition modeling FDM machines
Grinding or polishing machines
  • Chemical-mechanical polishing equipment
Hardness testers
  • Nano indentation systems
Heat exchangers
High voltage cable detection
  • Contact testers
Infrared imagers
  • Infrared thermography cameras
Infrared spectrometers
  • Cryogenic apparatus
Interferometers
  • Interferometric microscopes
Machine mounts or vibration isolators
  • Vibration control systems
  • Vibration isolators
Medical computed tomography CT or CAT stationary units
  • Computed tomography CT systems
Microcontrollers
  • Programmable logic controllers PLC
Multimeters
Oscilloscopes
Personal computers
Photoelastic testing instruments
  • Photoelastic testing machines
Plotter printers
  • Multi-pen plotters
Programmable tube furnaces
  • Vapor deposition tube furnaces
Proximity sensors
  • Position transducers
  • Radio frequency sensors
Refrigerated and heated reach in environmental or growth chambers
  • Environmental testing chambers
Roughness measuring instruments
  • Stylus profilometers
  • Surface profilometers
Scanners
  • Laser digitizers
Scanning electron microscopes
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Scanning probe microscopes
  • Scanning probe microscopes SPM
  • Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
Semiconductor process systems
  • Aligners
  • Anodic wafer bonding systems
  • Contact lithography equipment
  • Deep reactive ion etchers DRIE
  • Evaporation systems
  • Flip-chip wafer bonding systems
  • Plasma etchers
  • Precision positioning tables
  • Projection lithography equipment
  • Rapid thermal processing systems
  • Spin-coaters
  • Sputtering systems
  • Wafer bonding systems
  • Wafer dicing saws
  • Wire bonders
Signal generators
  • Function generators
  • Pattern generators
Spectrometers
  • Fluorescence spectrometers
Speed sensors
  • Velocity transducers
Step drive or stepper drive or step indexer
  • Steppers
Strain gauges
  • Dynamic strain indicators
Thickness measuring devices
  • Ellipsometers
Torque converters
  • Torsional converters
Vibration testers
Video editors
  • Video editing equipment
Voltage comparator integrated circuits
  • Analog to digital converters
  • Digital to analog converters
Wire cathode electrode discharge machine
  • Wire electrical discharge machines
X ray radiography examination equipment
  • X ray radiographic systems
  • X ray tubes
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