What is an aerospace engineer?
Long before you or your family members ever take a flight, you can be sure your airplane went through serious testing. Aerospace engineers design, construct and test aircraft, missiles and spacecraft. Their knowledge of science and special materials helps them create aircraft that can handle high speeds and the hottest or coldest temperatures. Some aerospace engineers even work for NASA! Now that’s cool.

How much education do you need?
Most aerospace engineer careers require a bachelor’s degree.

Does this career fit your personality type?
This career is great for investigative and realistic types.

SKILLS YOU NEED

Science Understanding aeronautics, engineering, physics, mechanics and computer science are all needed to be successful in this career. Time Mastery 3, 2, 1, lift off! In this career it’s important to carefully and quickly test aerospace products and systems for safe use. Leadership Aerospace engineers direct the efforts of their engineering team for everything from designing to testing aircraft. Brain Power Think, think, think! Aerospace engineers need to do their research, investigate equipment problems and find solutions. Writing Good writing skills are essential to writing technical reports and creating handbooks for use by engineering teams. Math Engineers need great math skills to map out product designs and analyze product information.

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