Click here to Discover Your Best Career Choices in 15 Minutes

"Aerospace Engineer"

Job Description - Part 1

Basic Job Description:

Perform a variety of engineering work in designing, constructing, and testing aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft. May conduct basic and applied research to evaluate adaptability of materials and equipment to aircraft design and manufacture. May recommend improvements in testing equipment and techniques.

Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Part 4	Part 5
Duties / Tasks	Activities	Skills	Abilities	Knowledge / Experience

Click here for Careers that match your Personality Type

Job Duties and Tasks for: "Aerospace Engineer"

1) Formulate conceptual design of aeronautical or aerospace products or systems to meet customer requirements.

2) Direct and coordinate activities of engineering or technical personnel designing, fabricating, modifying, or testing of aircraft or aerospace products.

3) Develop design criteria for aeronautical or aerospace products or systems, including testing methods, production costs, quality standards, and completion dates.

4) Plan and conduct experimental, environmental, operational and stress tests on models and prototypes of aircraft and aerospace systems and equipment.

5) Evaluate product data and design from inspections and reports for conformance to engineering principles, customer requirements, and quality standards.

6) Formulate mathematical models or other methods of computer analysis to develop, evaluate, or modify design according to customer engineering requirements.

Thanks for visiting CareerPlanner.com
How can we help you with your career?

1) Use Career Testing to find the perfect career

2) Use Career Counseling to discover your career direction

3) Use Personality Type Testing to learn what really motivates you

4) Is your resume getting you enough interviews?
See How To Write The Perfect Resume.

7) Write technical reports and other documentation, such as handbooks and bulletins, for use by engineering staff, management, and customers.

8) Analyze project requests and proposals and engineering data to determine feasibility, productibility, cost, and production time of aerospace or aeronautical product.

9) Review performance reports and documentation from customers and field engineers, and inspect malfunctioning or damaged products to determine problem.

Is being an "Aerospace Engineer" your very best career choice?

Our Career Interest Test will show you which careers match your interests.

Our Free Personality Test will show you which careers match your personality and why.

10) Direct research and development programs.

11) Evaluate and approve selection of vendors by study of past performance and new advertisements.

12) Plan and coordinate activities concerned with investigating and resolving customers' reports of technical problems with aircraft or aerospace vehicles.

13) Maintain records of performance reports for future reference.