Will “Weight Engineer” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

1.7% Chance of Automation

“Weight 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 “Weight Engineer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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