How do they match: Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians

  • Test Equipment Mechanic
  • Test Specialist
  • Test Technician
  • Avionics Test Technician
  • Engineering Test Technician
  • Flight Test Data Acquisition Technician
  • Flight Test Instrument Technician
  • Systems Test Technician

  • Operate, install, adjust, and maintain integrated computer/communications systems, consoles, simulators, and other data acquisition, test, and measurement instruments and equipment, which are used to launch, track, position, and evaluate air and space vehicles. May record and interpret test data.

  • Test aircraft systems under simulated operational conditions, performing systems readiness tests and pre- and post-operational checkouts, to establish design or fabrication parameters.
  • Adjust, repair, or replace faulty components of test setups and equipment.
  • Confer with engineering personnel regarding details and implications of test procedures and results.
  • Construct and maintain test facilities for aircraft parts and systems, according to specifications.
  • Fabricate and install parts and systems to be tested in test equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and test instruments.
  • Identify required data, data acquisition plans, and test parameters, setting up equipment to conform to these specifications.
  • Inspect, diagnose, maintain, and operate test setups and equipment to detect malfunctions.
  • Operate and calibrate computer systems and devices to comply with test requirements and to perform data acquisition and analysis.
  • Record and interpret test data on parts, assemblies, and mechanisms.

  • Test performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment.
  • Document design or operational test results.
  • Interpret design or operational test results.
  • Maintain test equipment.