Some careers in the auto industry include automotive engineers, automotive mechanics, and automotive sales managers. As an automotive engineer, you test, manufacture, and design parts for vehicles, build prototypes, resolve engineering problems using pneumatic, electrical, thermodynamic, and hydraulic principles, and create visual interpretations of vehicles and parts. Your responsibilities as an automotive mechanic include performing preventative maintenance on cars, doing diagnostic testing to determine if a repair is necessary, making vehicle repairs, and maintaining shop equipment. Your duties as an automotive sales manager include supporting the dealership salespeople, setting realistic sales goals, monitoring customer satisfaction, implementing marketing methods to help to sell vehicles, and ensuring that automotive sales follow all state and federal laws.