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Occupation

Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians

Operate, install, adjust, 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.

$82,890 medianBright outlookTraining or associate

O*NET 31.0 · 17-3021.00

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

  1. 01Design electrical and mechanical systems for avionic instrumentation applications.
  2. 02Record and interpret test data on parts, assemblies, and mechanisms.
  3. 03Fabricate and install parts and systems to be tested in test equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and test instruments.
  4. 04Construct and maintain test facilities for aircraft parts and systems, according to specifications.
  5. 05Adjust, repair, or replace faulty components of test setups and equipment.
  6. 06Test aircraft systems under simulated operational conditions, performing systems readiness tests and pre- and post-operational checkouts, to establish design or fabrication parameters.
  7. 07Identify required data, data acquisition plans, and test parameters, setting up equipment to conform to these specifications.
  8. 08Confer with engineering personnel regarding details and implications of test procedures and results.
  9. 09Inspect, diagnose, maintain, and operate test setups and equipment to detect malfunctions.
  10. 10Operate and calibrate computer systems and devices to comply with test requirements and to perform data acquisition and analysis.
  11. 11Finish vehicle instrumentation and deinstrumentation.

Task statements ranked by how many workers report them · O*NET 31.0

What the posting will be called

Engineering TechnicianInstrumentation TechnicianSystems Test TechnicianTest TechnicianAvionics Installation TechnicianAvionics Test TechnicianEngineering Test TechnicianFlight Test Instrument Technician

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Knowledge the job leans on

MechanicalEngineering and TechnologyMathematicsProduction and ProcessingCustomer and Personal ServiceEnglish LanguageAdministrativePhysics

Skills that carry over from service

Operations MonitoringQuality Control AnalysisComplex Problem SolvingJudgment and Decision MakingTroubleshootingTime ManagementOperation and ControlRepairing