航空航天工程师

工作日程

• 航空航天工程师通常是全职工作，在某些情况下需要加班，以确保项目在时间范围内完成，并确保工作符合设计和性能标准。 

典型职责

• 审查技术建议，以确定其可行性、安全性、预算考虑以及是否符合环境政策
• 确定公司是否能完全满足客户的要求 
• 监督飞机/航空航天零件、设备和车辆从设计到制造、制造和测试的生命周期。
• 根据航天工程原理分析产品设计
• 研究厂商和供应商，寻找最合适的解决方案 
• 设定质量保证和测试标准，确保设计符合标准
• 确定完成时限并跟踪进展
• 使用数学模型或计算机分析设计产品和系统
• 进行测试和实验，以确保原型按规格运作，并能承受预期的压力。
• 调查问题，进行诊断，排除故障，检查因故障或损坏而不在参数内运行的部件或产品
• 撰写报告并保持文件和记录
• 研究航空航天对环境的影响，继续寻找减少排放的方法 
• 评估替代燃料的可行性 

额外责任

• 研究和开发新的航空航天技术和潜在能力
• 根据需要，培训和监督其他团队成员
• 了解行业变化和技术进步的最新情况
• 参加专业组织的活动，分享信息并向他人学习

软技能

• 活动协调 
• 分析性的 
• 注重细节
• 商业敏锐度
• 协作 
• 创造性
• 批判性思维
• 果断的
• 演绎和归纳推理
• 注重细节
• 独立的
• 监测 
• 目标
• 有组织的
• 病人
• 敏锐 
• 问题的解决
• 阅读理解 
• 以安全为导向
• 强大的沟通能力
• 视觉化 

技术技能

• 航天设计原则
• 应用物理学
• 计算机辅助设计
• 工程和技术 
• Knowledge of fabrication and manufacturing
• 机械能力
• 业务分析
• 较强的科学和数学技能（包括代数、线性代数、三角学、微积分和统计学）。

• 航空航天产品和零部件制造    
• 工程服务    
• 联邦政府，不包括邮政部门    
• 导航、测量、电子医疗和控制仪器制造    
• 物理、工程和生命科学的研究和开发

• 航空航天产品、零部件及相关领域的制造
• 国防承包商（如波音公司、空中客车公司、洛克希德-马丁公司、通用动力公司、通用航空公司、诺斯罗普-格鲁曼公司、雷神公司等）。
• 工程服务
• 政府机构（如NASA、国家地理空间情报局、国家侦察局。美国空军、美国太空部队等)
• 私营公司（如SpaceX、Blue Origin、Virgin Galactic等）。
• 研究和开发中心

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They are entrusted to ensure safe rocket and missile launches and to develop aircraft capable of deterring foreign militaries. Because of the sensitive nature of their work, Aerospace Engineers frequently need to obtain a security clearance requiring a background check. In addition, they must maintain their clearances through good personal conduct, managing debt, avoiding conflicts of interest or security violations, and staying away from drug or alcohol-related incidents (to name only a few of the behaviors that impact one’s security clearance and jeopardize employability).

A common sacrifice in this field is the possible need for frequent moves. The aerospace industry can experience ups and downs depending on demand and economic factors. 2017 saw top companies in the industry laying off engineers to cut costs, causing many workers to have to relocate to find jobs. Sometimes workers might even move overseas to find suitable jobs for their unique skills.

Automation is ubiquitous and the aerospace industry is taking full advantage. Thanks to automation technologies and processes, workplace hazards related to aerospace manufacturing can be reduced, allowing human workers to focus on safer tasks. This trend is projected to continue, which means engineers must stay on top of how automation might affect their work tasks.

Another trend impacting pretty much every industry is the push for environmentally-friendlier business. Per the BBC, “around 2.4% of global CO2 emissions come from aviation.” Combined with other gasses and vapor trails, research indicates aviation accounts for ~5% of global warming. That’s why the industry continues to seek lighter, stronger materials which lead to less aircraft fuel consumption and fewer emissions.

第三个主要变化似乎是越来越多的工程服务外包，以加快整体制造时间，同时提高特定部件的质量。任何时候，当工作被外包时，工程师需要注意它对自己的工作的短期和长期影响。 

The love of flying and space exploration has inspired countless Aerospace Engineers to take up this exciting field of study and join the storied ranks of its accomplished figures. In their youth, these would-be engineers may have been aviation buffs as well as science fiction fans eager to become part of something bigger, to contribute to the legacy of aeronautical and astronautical achievements. They might have wondered if one day they could join the aerospace community to work on the next technological innovation that would revolutionize the world. As engineers, they likely enjoyed tinkering with things, learning how mechanical objects worked and perhaps figuring out how to improve them.