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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
- Spacecraft Systems Engineer
- 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
- Research Mechanic
- Radar Technician
- Project Engineer
- Flight Test Data Acquisition Technician
- Flight Technician
- Flight Readiness Technician
- Flight Data Technician
- 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 “Field Service Engineer”
- Adjust, repair or replace faulty components of test setups and equipment.
- Operate and calibrate computer systems and devices to comply with test requirements and to perform data acquisition and analysis.
- Record and interpret test data on parts, assemblies, and mechanisms.
- Exchange cooling system components in various vehicles.
- Finish vehicle instrumentation and deinstrumentation.
- Identify required data, data acquisition plans and test parameters, setting up equipment to conform to these specifications.
- Inspect, diagnose, maintain, and operate test setups and equipment to detect malfunctions.
- Construct and maintain test facilities for aircraft parts and systems, according to specifications.
- Confer with engineering personnel regarding details and implications of test procedures and results.
- Fabricate and install parts and systems to be tested in test equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and test instruments.
- Test aircraft systems under simulated operational conditions, performing systems readiness tests and pre- and post-operational checkouts, to establish design or fabrication parameters.
Related Technology & Tools
- Depth micrometers
- Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
- Vibration transducers
- Allen wrenches
- Vixen files
- Split dies
- Welding torches
- Half-round files
- Annealing ovens
- Flat files
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Thread gauges
- Reed and Prince screwdrivers
- Scribers
- Gauge blocks
- Drive punches
- Electronic torque testers
- Drill presses
- Thermocouples
- Soldering irons
- Safety lanyards
- Soft face hammers
- Gantry mills
- Purifying respirators
- Bubble emission inspection equipment
- Bottoming taps
- Telescopes
- Brazing hearths
- Personal computers
- Bench vises
- Socket wrenches
- Hook spanner wrenches
- Fire extinguishers
- Layout compasses
- Brazing equipment
- Box end wrenches
- Gas arc welding equipment
- Mass spectrometers
- Wire crimpers
- Vibration tables
- Vibration testers
- Straightedges
- Accelerometer sensors
- Shot peening equipment
- Countersinks
- Fluorescent penetrant inspection equipment
- Taper taps
- Gamma ray testing equipment
- Mill files
- Aligning punches
- Voltmeters
- Bore gauges
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Gyroscopes
- Accelerometers
- Prick punches
- Open end wrenches
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Torque wrenches
- Depth gauges
- Bleeder wrenches
- Thickness gauges
- Hacksaws
- Safety goggles
- Digital height gauges
- Telescoping gauges
- Flat head screwdrivers
- Infrared inspection equipment
- Pin punches
- X ray inspection equipment
- Combination wrenches
- Offset screwdrivers
- Twist drills
- Power screwdrivers
- Steel rules
- Straight chisels
- Protractors
- Tri-squares
- Hydrasets
- Flow meters
- Terminal computers
- Body harnesses
- Borescopes
- Dividers
- Impact hammers
- Planer gauges
- Skin mills
- Scaffolding
- Alignment squares
- Magnetic particle inspection equipment
- Overhead cranes
- Riveting tools
- Safety wire pliers
- Pyrotechnic initiators
- Center punches
- Aviation snips
- Paint booths
- Vernier calipers
- Digital torque wrenches
- Air-supplying respirators
- Mallets
- Lasers
- Force transducers
- Vertical turret lathes VTL
- Knife files
- Round files
- Plug gauges
- Eddy current inspection equipment
- Spring calipers
- Ultrasonic inspection equipment
- Precision files
- Ball peen hammers
- Digital calipers
- Dye penetrant inspection equipment
- Dial calipers
- Snap gauges
- Shakers
- Plug taps
- Multi-axis mills
- Adjustable wrenches
- Theodolites
- V blocks
- Air drills
- Hand snips
- Pressure gauges
- Micrometers
- Digital force gauges
- Small hole gauges
- Forklifts
- Go/no-go gauges
- Torx drivers
- Strain gauge balances
- Microsoft Office
- Data acquisition software
- Computerized numerical control CNC software
- Microsoft Excel
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Extensible markup language XML
- Vibration analysis software
- Structured query language SQL
- Inventory software
- Oracle Java
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Visio
- UNIX