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