What does a mechanical engineer actually do?

Question

What does a mechanical engineer actually do?

Answer 1

It depends upon the capability of those person who see his quality from his innerself if he see then he made a car ,missile ,or any thing which help to the nature and to public also you look arround urself then see anything which is helpful for the future work then you will try to proove it for their uses its so intresting but too difficult but after achieving this nobody can fail in his life

Answer 2

actually a mechanical engineer is responsible for making any machine or product by applying his skills in  different industries and in different fields.

Answer 3

it's my intrest thinking

Answer 4

A mechanical engineer design and analyze motor vehicles, aircraft, heating and cooling systems, watercraft, manufacturing plants, industrial equipment and machinery, robotics, medical devices and more.They bring in use the core concept of physics.

Actually it depends upon the working place & the company u are placed in.

Answer 5

The job of a Mech. Eng. is to design any machinery efficiently so that less resources are used up for productivity. The design should be very carefully done while taking care of reliability, functionality, simplicity, creativity, etc. He continually tries to improve the method adopted in manufacturing processes.  

Answer 6

positive thiking se work karnaa chahiya

Answer 7

Mechincal Engineer has to work best for his society by applying his Mechanical Field Knowledge.

Answer 8

In short today's engineer is a fancy word for inventor. A mechanical engineer will work at inventing and designing ways to improve mechanical things such as cars or in my father's case factory machinery.

Answer 9

The actual work of an mechanical engineer is to deal with machines.

Answer 10

a mechanical engineer works in various disciplines, eg. in production, planning, purchase, sales, marketing, quality, vendor development, engineering, maintenance, project, service, etc. depending on the responsibilities assigned to him by the management of the organization he is working in and his specialization.

Answer 11

Designs and builds anything mechanical such as car engines, motors. plant machinery, medical devices, specialized construction equipment. Invents ways to improve production of goods whether it be in a factory or improve the mechanics of a car, boat, train or labor saving devices.

Answer 12

Hey there, I just graduated with a MechE degree and I was job hunting up until a few weeks ago, so that's where I'm coming from with my answer.  I hope I can give you an idea about what kind of job opportunities are available.  

The MechE  major is great because it has a broad range of learning, so there are tons of different jobs available in tons of different areas.  

Some people can work in the automotive industry for car manufacturers.  You could be redesigning break pads for example, or optimizing a transmission.  You might get work designing waste water treatment plants or hazardous waste incinerators.   You could be working in HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) and design heating/cooling systems for buildings- building management would fall under that too.  You could work, like me, in the defense industry, either for the government or a contractor, designing new technologies to help soldiers.  This might include designing or testing sensors, weapons, body armor, or vehicles.   Another big industry to work in is the energy industry.  Exxon Mobil hired one of my friends for 70K+ starting, or you could work in the construction/housing side of things finding ways to make houses more energy efficient.

Those are just a few examples.  Of course everything varies, but HVAC is typically the lowest paying of those jobs that I mentioned, and defense and energy are among the highest paying.  A MechE might be a designer, a troubleshooter, an optimizer, a builder, or a manager.  Like I said before, it's a very broad field, but in the end an engineer's main job is always to be a problem solver.  You don't have to invent new things or come up with new ideas all the time, but you do have to have a broad range of knowledge and the ability to find a problem and formulate a solution to it.

Hope that helps.

Answer 13

Mechanical engineering are important for everything  like manufacturing a even wriing pen upto a rocket . mechanical engineers found from ancient periods from finding the bicycles  

Answer 14

A mechanical engineer does anything that he is required to. So the very first thing is versatility. Such engineers are employed in various industries in various roles. Some may land up in R&D, some with supply chain execution / design, sales, software engineers etc.

In today's world, the basic branch of engineering is hardly a matter from the perspective of a career.

Answer 15

If you work in the construction business, then you usually deal with the MEP.. (mechanical electrical and plumbing).. in this case you design the sewage piplines where necessary, discharge pipes, air vents, air conditioning, fire proofing, security alarm etc. If you work as an inspector for a consultancy, then you visit the construction sites and make sure everything is up to standards in terms of measurements of the air ducts and dimensions.

If you work withing the automotves, then machines and maintance , thermodynamics, improving engines etc.  You could also work in material science . To choose what material is most suitable. will it bend , fail, should it be ductile , brittle, hard. etc.. It has a very wide range of jobs. :)

Answer 16

Thisnk always constrctivelly & logically. Forgive me for my spelling, but I sure Engineering guys are best in thinking.