Where an aerospace engineer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an aerospace engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Aerospace engineers develop, test and oversee the manufacture of flight vehicles such as aircrafts, missiles, and spacecrafts. The field of engineering they are active in, can be divided into two branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering.
Also known as aerospace design engineer, aerostructures engineer, missile designer, missile design specialist, aerospace engineering expert, aeronautical engineer, aerospace engineers, aerospace engineering specialist, aerospace test engineer, aerostructure engineer, vehicle system engineer, aerospace engineering adviser.
Professionals 47 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: rolling stock engineer, 79%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An aerospace engineer needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- aerospace engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- ensure aircraft compliance with regulation assisting and caring
- aircraft mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- computer simulation information and communication technologies (icts)
- safety engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- industrial engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- execute feasibility study information skills
- production processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
- assess financial viability information skills
- approve engineering design communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an aerospace engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- satellite engineer 78% covered · difficulty 26.9
- automotive engineer 68% covered · difficulty 36.8
- rolling stock engineer 68% covered · difficulty 37.5
- robotics engineer 55% covered · difficulty 49.6
- mechanical engineer 50% covered · difficulty 53.7
- flight test engineer 48% covered · difficulty 55.4
- manufacturing engineer 47% covered · difficulty 57
- surface engineer 45% covered · difficulty 58
- production engineer 44% covered · difficulty 59.2
- alternative fuels engineer 42% covered · difficulty 60.9
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Aerospace engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an aerospace engineer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.