Will “Structures Engineer” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

1.7% Chance of Automation

“Structures Engineer” will not be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #79 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍

Job Description

Perform engineering duties 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.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2011.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 112,010.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 53.00
Currently, there are 68,510 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Aerospace Engineers”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Structures Engineer”

Review aerospace engineering designs to determine how to reduce negative environmental impacts.
Direct aerospace research and development programs.
Evaluate product data or design from inspections or reports for conformance to engineering principles, customer requirements, environmental regulations, or quality standards.
Research new materials to determine quality or conformance to environmental standards.
Formulate conceptual design of aeronautical or aerospace products or systems to meet customer requirements or conform to environmental regulations.
Maintain records of performance reports for future reference.
Direct or coordinate activities of engineering or technical personnel involved in designing, fabricating, modifying, or testing of aircraft or aerospace products.
Design or engineer filtration systems that reduce harmful emissions.
Formulate mathematical models or other methods of computer analysis to develop, evaluate, or modify design, according to customer engineering requirements.
Develop design criteria for aeronautical or aerospace products or systems, including testing methods, production costs, quality standards, environmental standards, or completion dates.
Write technical reports or other documentation, such as handbooks or bulletins, for use by engineering staff, management, or customers.
Design new or modify existing aerospace systems to reduce polluting emissions, such as nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, or smoke emissions.
Plan or coordinate activities concerned with investigating and resolving customers' reports of technical problems with aircraft or aerospace vehicles.
Plan or conduct experimental, environmental, operational, or stress tests on models or prototypes of aircraft or aerospace systems or equipment.
Evaluate biofuel performance specifications to determine feasibility for aerospace applications.
Analyze project requests, proposals, or engineering data to determine feasibility, productibility, cost, or production time of aerospace or aeronautical products.
Evaluate and approve selection of vendors by studying past performance or new advertisements.
Diagnose performance problems by reviewing performance reports or documentation from customers or field engineers or inspecting malfunctioning or damaged products.

Related Technology & Tools

Welders
Power microwave generators
Laboratory centrifugal pumps
Impact guns
Cluster computers
Profilometers
Signal generators
Propellant combustion chambers
Lathes
Ultrasonic inspection equipment
Spectrometers
Laser Doppler velocimeters LDV
Multi-axis mills
Digital pressure gauges
Flight management systems FMS
Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
Flight simulators
Digital oscilloscopes
Terminal computers
Acoustic emissions systems
Axial flow research fans
Laser velocimeters
Strain gauge balances
Axial flow turbines
Force transducers
Personal computers
Wave analyzers
Centerless grinders
Vibration isolation tables
Impinging jet apparatus
Argon-ion lasers
Viscometers
Flow meters
Atomic force microscopes
Electronic pressure scanners
Plotters
Axial flow compressor facilities
Load frames
UNIX work stations
Mainframe computers
Fiber optic interferometers
Push/pull dynamometers
Fatigue testing machines
Vacuum facilities
Digital voltmeters DVM
Lasers
Anechoic chambers
Electronic flight instrument systems EFIS
Reflection polariscopes
Surface grinding machines
Parallel computers

Thermal analysis software
The MathWorks Simulink
Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
Microsoft Word
Universal Technical Systems TK Solver
Computer-aided engineering CAE software
Harvard Thermal TAS
Altera Quartus II
Finite element method FEM software
Computational fluid dynamics CFD software
Alstom ESARAD
UNIX
Flexible dynamics modeling software
IBM Rational ClearCase
Maplesoft Maple
MSC Software Patran
Microsoft Visual C++
Hewlett-Packard HP OpenVMS
Data acquisition systems
Thermal design software
Mathsoft Mathcad
Wolfram Research Mathematica
IBM Rational Requisite Pro
C
Alstom ESATAN
Xilinx TMRTool
Thermal Synthesizer System TSS
Cullimore & Ring Technologies SINDA/FLUINT
Microsoft Office
Python
Grid generation software
Fatigue analysis software
Microsoft Access
PTC Pro/INTRALINK
Microsoft Project
Thermal Radiation Analysis System TRASYS
Microsoft Visual Basic
Sun Microsystems Java
ESI Group AutoSEA2
Network Analysis SINDA-G
Autodesk AutoCAD
Verilog
Image processing systems
IBM Rational ClearQuest
Tecplot Focus
Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
Stress analysis software
Microsoft Excel
TEAM Engineering FEMAP
PTC Creo Parametric
UGS Solid Edge
Digital Equipment Corporation DIGITAL Fortran 90
Collier Research HyperSizer
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
IBM Rational DOORS
K&K Associates Thermal Analysis Kit TAK
National Instruments LabVIEW
Linux
Ada
Phoenix Integration ModelCenter
Analytical Graphics STK Expert Edition
MSC Software Fatigue
Extensible markup language XML
Microsoft PowerPoint
The MathWorks MATLAB
Cullimore & Ring Technologies Thermal Desktop
MSC Software Nastran
Dassault Systemes CATIA
ANSYS
Southwest Research Institute NASGRO