Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2015 wage data.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2015 2014-2024 employment projections external site. "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2014-2024). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.

Auto Design Checker

Automotive Engineering Technician

Durability Technician

Build instrumentation or laboratory test equipment for special purposes.

Order new test equipment, supplies, or replacement parts.

Set up mechanical, hydraulic, or electric test equipment in accordance with engineering specifications, standards, or test procedures.

Recommend tests or testing conditions in accordance with designs, customer requirements, or industry standards to ensure test validity.

Monitor computer-controlled test equipment, according to written or verbal instructions.

Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, work specifications, drawings, or charts.

Maintain test equipment in operational condition by performing routine maintenance or making minor repairs or adjustments as needed.

Install equipment, such as instrumentation, test equipment, engines, or aftermarket products, to ensure proper interfaces.

Inspect or test parts to determine nature or cause of defects or malfunctions.

Document test results, using cameras, spreadsheets, documents, or other tools.

Fabricate new or modify existing prototype components or fixtures.

Analyze test data for automotive systems, subsystems, or component parts.

Recommend product or component design improvements, based on test data or observations.

Perform or execute manual or automated tests of automotive system or component performance, efficiency, or durability.

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, nano diesel, or alternative power methods, such as solar energy or hydrogen fuel cells.

Calipers

Chassis dynamometers

Compression testers

Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines

Computerized numerical control CNC turning centers

Crack detection equipment

Electronic engine analyzers

Engine lathes

Environmental chambers

Exhaust gas analyzers

Flow benches

Force gauges

Frequency counters

Function generators

High-vacuum tensile testing chambers

Ignition oscilloscopes

Leakage testers

Metal inert gas MIG welders

Multimeters

Oscilloscopes

Pin gauges

Plasma cutters

Timing lights

Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment

Vibration testers

Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical

Autodesk Inventor

Computer aided design CAD software

Computer aided manufacturing CAM software

Data acquisition software

IBM Notes

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office software

Microsoft Word

National Instruments LabVIEW

PTC Creo Parametric

Road simulators

SAP software