Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Aerospace Engineer
Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Aerospace Engineer
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Aerospace engineers design, test, build and maintain planes, spacecraft and satellites.
- Develop navigation, communications or weapons systems
- Research ways to make parts like wings, the main body of the aircraft and engines fuel efficient
- Use computer aided design (CAD) software, test prototypes and collect and analyse data
- Plan and supervise maintenance as well as the fitting of aircraft and components
- Sign off projects to regulation, write technical reports and estimate costs and timescales
As an Aerospace Engineer, you could work in a factory, in an office, on an aircraft or in an aircraft hangar.
Aerospace Engineers tend to work between 37 to 40 hours a week. You could work evenings and weekends occasionally.
Starting: 拢25,000
Experienced: 拢52,000
You can get into this job through a university course, a college course, an apprenticeship or working towards this role.
You could do a degree in aerospace engineering.
You'll usually need 2 or 3 A levels, or equivalent, including maths.
You could do a higher national certificate (HNC) or diploma (HND) in engineering before applying for a technician level job with an aerospace company. To become a fully qualified engineer, you would then need to do more training.
You could do an apprenticeship that is relevant to the aerospace industry like:
- Aerospace Engineer Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship
- Electro-mechanical Engineer Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship
- Materials Science Technologist Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship
- Materials Process Engineer Level 7 Degree Apprenticeship
- Power and Propulsion Gas Turbine Engineer Level 7 Degree Apprenticeship
You might be able to join a company as an aerospace engineering technician and do training on the job to qualify as an engineer.