Perform a variety of engineering work in designing, constructing, and testing aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft. May conduct basic and applied research to evaluate adaptability of materials and equipment to aircraft design and manufacture. May recommend improvements in testing equipment and techniques.

Other names for Aerospace Engineers: Aerodynamicist, Aerodynamics Analyst, Aerodynamics Engineer, Aeronautical Design Engineer, Aeronautical Engineer, Aeronautical Project Engineer, Aeronautical Research Engineer, Aeronautical Test Engineer, Aerospace Engineer, Aerospace Stress Engineer, Aircraft Design Engineer, Aircraft Designer, Aircraft Engineer, Aircraft Instrument Engineer, Aircraft Stress Analyst, Airplane Designer, Airplane Engineer, Astronautical Engineer, Automation Engineer, Aviation Consultant, Aviation Engineer, Design Analyst, Design Engineer, Designer, Dynamicist, Field Service Engineer, Flight Analyst, Flight Dynamicist, Flight Engineer, Flight Systems Test Engineer, Flight Test Engineer, Helicopter Engineer, Master Lay Out Specialist, Military Aircraft Designer, Physical Aerodynamicist, Propeller Engineer, Propulsion Engineer, Rocket Scientist, Space Engineer, Stress Analyst, Stress Engineer, Structural Analysis Engineer, Structures Engineer, Supersonic Engineer, Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE), Test Analyst, Test Engineer, Test Facility Engineer, Thermodynamicist, Thermodynamics Engineer, Transonic Engineer, Validation Engineer, Validation Specialist, Value Engineer, Vibration Engineer, Weight Control Engineer, Weight Engineer, Wind Tunnel Engineer,

• Formulate conceptual design of aeronautical or aerospace products or systems to meet customer requirements.
• Direct and coordinate activities of engineering or technical personnel designing, fabricating, modifying, or testing of aircraft or aerospace products.
• Develop design criteria for aeronautical or aerospace products or systems, including testing methods, production costs, quality standards, and completion dates.
• Plan and conduct experimental, environmental, operational and stress tests on models and prototypes of aircraft and aerospace systems and equipment.
• Evaluate product data and design from inspections and reports for conformance to engineering principles, customer requirements, and quality standards.
• Formulate mathematical models or other methods of computer analysis to develop, evaluate, or modify design according to customer engineering requirements.
• Write technical reports and other documentation such as handbooks and bulletins, for use by engineering staff, management, and customers.
• Analyze project requests and proposals and engineering data to determine feasibility, productibility, cost, and production time of aerospace or aeronautical product.
• Review performance reports and documentation from customers and field engineers, and inspect malfunctioning or damaged products to determine problem.
• Direct research and development programs.
• Evaluate and approve selection of vendors by study of past performance and new advertisements.
• Plan and coordinate activities concerned with investigating and resolving customers' reports of technical problems with aircraft or aerospace vehicles.
• Maintain records of performance reports for future reference.

• Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter
• Anechoic chambers
• Lasers
• Scanning probe microscopes
• Aircraft engine compressors
• Vibration testers
• Turbine engines
• Power grinders
• Laboratory centrifugal pumps
• High end computer servers
• Milling cutters
• Oscilloscopes
• Pressure indicators
• Voltage or current meters
• Pressure sensors
• Fatigue testers
• Interferometers
• Aircraft flight simulators or trainers
• Flowmeters
• Force or torque sensors
• Compressed air gun
• Flow injection analysis equipment
• Flowmeters
• Flowmeters
• Lasers
• Lathes
• Load frame
• Mainframe computers
• Milling cutters
• High end computer servers
• Personal computers
• Plotter printers
• Signal generators
• Surface testers
• High vacuum combustion apparatus
• Dynamometers
• Polariscopes
• Signal generators
• Spectrometers
• Strain gauges
• Grinding machines
• Mainframe console or dumb terminals
• Ultrasonic examination equipment
• Desktop computers
• High vacuum equipment
• Vibration testers
• Viscosimeters
• Frequency analyzers
• Welders

Project management software

Office suite software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Word processing software

Spreadsheet software

Data base user interface and query software

Development environment software

Object or component oriented development software

Computer aided design CAD software

Analytical or scientific software

Flight control software

Computer aided manufacturing CAM software

Operating system software