Mechanical Engineers, task by task.
The work this job is made of, grouped and scored on how much of its output software can produce today, then linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job. The full activity list is underneath.
Also filed here79
- engineer
- tool maker
- car designer
- body engineer
- test engineer
- tool designer
- tool engineer
- brake engineer
- plant engineer
- stress analyst
- design engineer
- diesel engineer
- engine designer
- heating engineer
- and 65 more
- SOC code
- 17-2141.00
- Activities scored
- 6
- In O*NET
- 32 activities
- Activities an agent can take on
- 5
- Grounded in
- O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Mechanical EngineersSOC 17-2141.00
Technical documentation and analysisWhat can do this →
88% agentMostly automatable
Cost estimation and proposalsWhat can do this →
82% agentMostly automatable
Research and feasibility analysisWhat can do this →
80% agentMostly automatable
Equipment failure investigationWhat can do this →
75% agentMostly automatable
Design evaluation and recommendationsWhat can do this →
64% agentPartly automatable
Production supervision and coordinationWhat can do this →
25% you keepBarely automatable
The team5 agents 5 need no setup
Technical Analysis Agent
Microsoft Excel · The MathWorks MATLAB · ANSYS simulation software
No integration needed
Design Optimization Agent
Autodesk AutoCAD · Dassault Systemes SolidWorks · Microsoft Visio
No integration needed
Cost Estimation Agent
Microsoft Excel · Microsoft Project · SAP software
No integration needed
Research Agent
Web · Search · Microsoft Word
No integration needed
Diagnostic Agent
Microsoft Excel · The MathWorks MATLAB · Docs
No integration needed
You keep this
Final approval of engineering designs and specificationsDirect supervision and personnel management decisionsSign-off on safety and regulatory complianceClient relationship ownership and contract negotiations
Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.
Start with these three
The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.
The full activity list
All 32 detailed work activities O*NET records for Mechanical Engineers, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.