What Do Engineers Do?
Aerospace Engineering
As an aerospace engineer, you might
- take creative ideas and turn them into a blueprint for a new or improved product — such as an engine, wing, or landing gear — using computer aided-design software, robotics, lasers, and advanced electronic optics.
- address the complex issues of how hardware, software, and all components of the systems work together. They analyze the project or mission, develop systems requirements, and ensure all components work together properly to achieve the goals.
- test and evaluate products designed — from propulsion systems to aerodynamics, acoustics, thermal conditions, structures, stability and control, performance, and vehicle systems.
- work with customers to understand their needs, ensure products work properly in the field, and fix any problems that occur after the product has been built.
- use computer aided-design software, robotics, lasers, and advanced electronic optics.
Even the sky is not a limit in aerospace engineering. Today's aerospace engineers design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacturer of aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, and missiles. They are working to make space colonization a reality and reduce the time needed to travel around the world. Aerospace engineers apply their specialized knowledge of aerodynamics, thermo-fluid mechanics, propulsion, structures, dynamics, control, and performance to a wide variety of problems encountered in the design of vehicles or systems. They develop new technologies for use in aviation, defense systems, and space systems. They can also apply their expertise to the design and development of new earthbound vehicles — racecars, hydrofoil ships, deep-diving vessels for oceanographic research, and high-speed rail systems.
Starting Salary
$50,993
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