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