A MECHATRONICS ENGINEER

A MECHATRONICS ENGINEER DEVELOPS

INNOVATIVE NEW SYSTEMS BY COMBINING
ELEMENTS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING,
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, AND
COMPUTER SCIENCE.

 PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD DESIGN A WIDE RANGE

OF PRODUCTS AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY, FROM
CARS TO TELEVISIONS TO ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY LINES.
IN ADDITION, A MECHATRONICS ENGINEER HELP FOR
MAKE SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT MACHINERY.
A MECHATRONICS ENGINEER MUST BE CREATIVE,
DETERMINED, AND ABLE TO INTUITIVELY UNDERSTAND
THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MECHANICS,
ELECTRONICS, AND COMPUTERS.

 WHEN PLANNING A NEW PROJECT, A

MECHATRONICS ENGINEER MIGHT
CONSULT WITH EXPERTS FROM MANY
DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES.
THE ENGINEER BEGIN WITTH
BRAINSTORMING, DRAWING
SCHEMATICS, AND CREATING COMPUTER
MODELS WITH SPECIAL SOFTWARE. THE
DESIGN PHASE OF A PROJECT CAN TAKE
FROM A FEW DAYS TO SEVERAL MONTHS
DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE
PROJECT

Here are some things you might be expected to do in your job:

Develop new solutions to industrial problems using mechanical
and electronic processes and computer technology.
Design and build completely new products by integrating
various technologies, for example, developing robotic vehicles
for underwater exploration.
Build and test factory production lines introducing automation
to improve existing processes.

Maintain and improve previous industrial and manufacturing

processes and designs, for example, robotic lawn mowers
and robot floor cleaners.
Design, develop, maintain and manage high technology
engineering systems for the automation of industrial tasks.
Apply mechatronic or automated solutions to the transfer of
material, components or finished goods

Mechatronic engineers have been cleverly

disguised as many of the following:
Automation Engineer
Control System Engineer
Data Logging Engineer
Instrumentation Engineer
Project Engineer
Software Engineer
Systems Engineer and Service Engineer.