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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”.

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Tasks for “Weight Control Engineer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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Surface grinding machines
Fatigue testing machines
Anechoic chambers
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Reflection polariscopes
Terminal computers
Axial flow compressor facilities
Load frames
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Welders
Axial flow turbines
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Lasers
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Laser Doppler velocimeters LDV
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Vibration isolation tables
Laser velocimeters
Flight management systems FMS
Lathes
Mainframe computers
Parallel computers
Signal generators
Ultrasonic inspection equipment
Digital oscilloscopes
Electronic pressure scanners
Profilometers

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