Job profile: Aerospace Engineering Technician

Aerospace or aeronautical engineering technicians design, build and test new aircraft and components, and service and repair existing fleets. They work on all types of civil and military aircraft, as well as weapons systems and satellites.

What is the work like?

As an aerospace engineering technician, you would normally work in one of two areas:

• mechanics – building and servicing aircraft fuselage, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, such as wings, engines and landing gear
• avionics – installing and testing electrical and electronic systems used in navigation, communications and flight control.

Your duties in both areas would include:

• developing component plans using computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) software
• investigating and testing solutions to engineering problems caused by weight, altitude, temperature and engine performance
• building and testing prototypes using models and computer simulations
• using prototypes to predict and refine the performance of aircraft systems.

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