Write technical reports or proposals related to engineering projects.

“Write technical reports or proposals related to engineering projects.” is a core task performed by Fuel Cell Engineers. Among the occupation's 26 rated tasks, workers place it 10th by importance (#17 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Present research or technical information. in Documenting/Recording Information
• Prepare proposals or grant applications. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.008% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 52% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: task iteration
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.5 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 99% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Plan or conduct experiments to validate new materials, optimize startup protocols, reduce conditioning time, or examine contaminant tolerance. · importance 4.2
• Provide technical consultation or direction related to the development or production of fuel cell systems. · importance 4.1
• Characterize component or fuel cell performances by generating operating maps, defining operating conditions, identifying design refinements, or executing durability assessments. · importance 4.1
• Analyze fuel cell or related test data, using statistical software. · importance 4.0
• Plan or implement fuel cell cost reduction or product improvement projects in collaboration with other engineers, suppliers, support personnel, or customers. · importance 4.0
• Conduct fuel cell testing projects, using fuel cell test stations, analytical instruments, or electrochemical diagnostics, such as cyclic voltammetry or impedance spectroscopy. · importance 4.0
• Conduct post-service or failure analyses, using electromechanical diagnostic principles or procedures. · importance 3.8
• Recommend or implement changes to fuel cell system designs. · importance 3.8
• Define specifications for fuel cell materials. · importance 3.8
• Read current literature, attend meetings or conferences, or talk with colleagues to stay abreast of new technology or competitive products. · importance 3.7
• Validate design of fuel cells, fuel cell components, or fuel cell systems. · importance 3.7
• Develop fuel cell materials or fuel cell test equipment. · importance 3.7
• Prepare test stations, instrumentation, or data acquisition systems for use in specific tests of fuel cell components or systems. · importance 3.7
• Fabricate prototypes of fuel cell components, assemblies, stacks, or systems. · importance 3.6

See all tasks on the Fuel Cell Engineers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Write technical reports or proposals related to engineering projects.},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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