Description
Aerospace engineers develop, test and oversee the manufacture of flight vehicles such as aircrafts, missiles, and spacecrafts. The field of engineering they are active in, can be divided into two branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering.
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Theoretical Knowledge
quality standardsaircraft mechanicsproduction processesmanufacturing processesengineering processesengineering principlestechnical drawingssafety engineeringcomputer simulationindustrial engineeringaerospace engineeringunmanned air systemsmathematical modellingdesign principlesmaterial mechanicsfluid mechanicsstate estimationaerodynamicssynthetic natural environmentguidance, navigation and controlstealth technologydefense systemmechanical engineeringCAE software
Practical Skills
use technical drawing softwareensure aircraft compliance with regulationadjust engineering designstroubleshootexecute feasibility studyassess financial viabilityapprove engineering designperform scientific researchuse CAM softwarecreate a product's virtual modelbuild a product's physical modeldraft design specificationsdevelop test proceduresanalyse production processes for improvementuse CAD softwarecontrol productiondesign prototypesoversee assembly operationsmanage product testingapply advanced manufacturingrecord test dataplan test flightsconduct performance tests