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