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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 Equipment Mechanic
- 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 Specialist”
- Construct and maintain test facilities for aircraft parts and systems, according to specifications.
- Test aircraft systems under simulated operational conditions, performing systems readiness tests and pre- and post-operational checkouts, to establish design or fabrication parameters.
- Exchange cooling system components in various vehicles.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Inspect, diagnose, maintain, and operate test setups and equipment to detect malfunctions.
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