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Job Description
Operate, install, calibrate, and maintain integrated computer/communications systems, consoles, simulators, and other data acquisition, test, and measurement instruments and equipment, which are used to launch, track, position, and evaluate air and space vehicles. May record and interpret test data.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3021.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 71,070.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 34.00
- Currently, there are 11,970 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians
- Test Technician
- Systems Test Technician
- Instrumentation Technician
- Engineering Technician
- Electronics Technician
- Communication Technician
- Calibration Technician
- Avionics Test Technician
- Avionics Technician
- Wind Tunnel Technician
- Wind Tunnel Mechanic
- Test Specialist
- Test Equipment Mechanic
- Spacecraft Systems Engineer
- Research Mechanic
- Radar Technician
- Project Engineer
- Flight Test Data Acquisition Technician
- Flight Technician
- Flight Readiness Technician
- Flight Data Technician
- Field Service Engineer
- Engineering Test Specialist
- Engineering Specialist Technician
- Engineering Operations Leader
- Data Acquisition Technician
- Certified Technician Specialist
- Altitude Chamber Technician
- Aerospace Technician
- Aerospace Physiological Technician
- Aerospace Mechanic
- Aerographer
Tasks for “Spacecraft Systems Engineer”
- Identify required data, data acquisition plans and test parameters, setting up equipment to conform to these specifications.
- Exchange cooling system components in various vehicles.
- Record and interpret test data on parts, assemblies, and mechanisms.
- Operate and calibrate computer systems and devices to comply with test requirements and to perform data acquisition and analysis.
- Finish vehicle instrumentation and deinstrumentation.
- Fabricate and install parts and systems to be tested in test equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and test instruments.
- Construct and maintain test facilities for aircraft parts and systems, according to specifications.
- Test aircraft systems under simulated operational conditions, performing systems readiness tests and pre- and post-operational checkouts, to establish design or fabrication parameters.
- Confer with engineering personnel regarding details and implications of test procedures and results.
- Inspect, diagnose, maintain, and operate test setups and equipment to detect malfunctions.
- Adjust, repair or replace faulty components of test setups and equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Telescopes
- Pressure gauges
- Split dies
- Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
- Scaffolding
- Brazing hearths
- Gantry mills
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Twist drills
- Socket wrenches
- Knife files
- Personal computers
- Plug gauges
- Bubble emission inspection equipment
- Gauge blocks
- Flat files
- Force transducers
- Gamma ray testing equipment
- Gas arc welding equipment
- Air drills
- Flat head screwdrivers
- Depth micrometers
- Vibration tables
- Straight chisels
- Fire extinguishers
- Bore gauges
- Pyrotechnic initiators
- Reed and Prince screwdrivers
- Thread gauges
- Taper taps
- Thickness gauges
- Drive punches
- Hacksaws
- Forklifts
- Air-supplying respirators
- Digital calipers
- Multi-axis mills
- Paint booths
- X ray inspection equipment
- Infrared inspection equipment
- Spring calipers
- Plug taps
- Hook spanner wrenches
- Planer gauges
- Straightedges
- Vibration testers
- Soldering irons
- Adjustable wrenches
- Combination wrenches
- Prick punches
- Dye penetrant inspection equipment
- Digital torque wrenches
- Skin mills
- Impact hammers
- Voltmeters
- Micrometers
- Round files
- V blocks
- Allen wrenches
- Mallets
- Overhead cranes
- Aviation snips
- Strain gauge balances
- Bench vises
- Soft face hammers
- Steel rules
- Scribers
- Torque wrenches
- Purifying respirators
- Magnetic particle inspection equipment
- Go/no-go gauges
- Gyroscopes
- Safety goggles
- Ball peen hammers
- Countersinks
- Snap gauges
- Body harnesses
- Dial calipers
- Center punches
- Layout compasses
- Mass spectrometers
- Offset screwdrivers
- Small hole gauges
- Riveting tools
- Precision files
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Theodolites
- Vertical turret lathes VTL
- Accelerometer sensors
- Safety wire pliers
- Shot peening equipment
- Bleeder wrenches
- Hydrasets
- Drill presses
- Digital height gauges
- Power screwdrivers
- Torx drivers
- Accelerometers
- Shakers
- Fluorescent penetrant inspection equipment
- Safety lanyards
- Depth gauges
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- Telescoping gauges
- Wire crimpers
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- Open end wrenches
- Flow meters
- Tri-squares
- Dividers
- Borescopes
- Eddy current inspection equipment
- Vibration transducers
- Welding torches
- Pin punches
- Digital force gauges
- Brazing equipment
- Half-round files
- Aligning punches
- Vernier calipers
- Alignment squares
- Electronic torque testers
- Bottoming taps
- Thermocouples
- Lasers
- Box end wrenches
- Mill files
- Terminal computers
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Inventory software
- UNIX
- Data acquisition software
- Computerized numerical control CNC software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Structured query language SQL
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Extensible markup language XML
- Oracle Java
- Vibration analysis software
- Microsoft SQL Server