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