Aerospace

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Aerospace
Engineer
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Job Description

• Take scientific principles/theories and apply
  them to practical situations
• Design, create, and test aircraft, spacecraft and
  missiles
• Supervise the production of these materials
• Two groups-aeronautical, astonautical
• Aerodynamics
• Neil Armstrongs one small step for a man would
  not have been possible it if werent for the
  aerospace engineers that designed the rocket to
  get him there.

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Working Conditions
Many aerospace engineers work for companies that
design and build new aircraft or aircraft parts.
They spend most of their time working on a
computer, blueprints, and cutting edge
technology. They tend to work a regular 40 hour
week. Engineers spend a lot of time testing
machines that they have built.
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Earnings

• Starting salary with a bachelor-about 51,000
  annually
• Masters-63,000
• PhDs-73000
• The median annual earning for an aerospace
  engineer in the United Sates is 88,000 a year
• Most make between 60,000 and 120,000 a year.
• Experienced-well over 125,000
• Receive many benefits

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Education
A bachelors degree in aerospace engineering is
usually the minimum educational requirement to
work in this field. But a masters or PhD degree
is often required to move to a more senior
position. In college, aerospace engineering
students are introduced to subjects that are
central to their study. As their study
increases, students focus more on the subject
that interests them most.
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