Electro-mechanical Engineering Technician

When they wake up, most people need a jolt of some sort — a cold splash of water, a loud alarm clock, or a strong cup of coffee — to get their motor running. As it turns out, machines need the same thing. Instead of java, however, they need juice. Not orange juice, but electricity, fresh-squeezed courtesy of an Electro-mechanical Engineering Technician.

As an Electro-mechanical Engineering Technician, you help Scientists and Engineers design machines that run on electricity. For instance, you might work on computer printers, vending machines, photocopiers, vacuum cleaners, washing machines, or even things as sophisticated as guided missile systems for national defense. Anything, really, so long as it has electric-powered mechanical parts.

Whatever the product, it’s your job as an Electro-mechanical Engineering Technician to assist the Electro-Mechanical Engineers who design it. Part Electrical Engineer and part Mechanical Engineer, they’re the brains behind the design. You, on the other hand, are the brawn.

While the Engineers come up with the product’s overall concepts and designs, therefore, you generally solve the task-specific problems of actually creating it. Common duties, for instance, include researching design options, devising manufacturing solutions, building prototypes, fabricating parts, assembling electrical and mechanical components, and testing product performance as part of the quality-control process.

Thanks to your expertise with all things “electromechanical,” you’re bound to be in high demand in the future — especially if that future looks anything like “The Jetsons,” with a world populated by robots that cook, clean, and drive (all designed, developed, and built by the likes of you!).