Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a flight test engineer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a flight test engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Flight test engineers work with other systems engineers to plan the tests in detail and to make sure that the recording systems are installed for the required data parameters. They analyse the data collected during test flights and produce reports for individual test phases and for the final flight test. They are also responsible for the safety of the test operations.

Also known as flight test technology specialist, flight test technician, flight test performance engineer, flight test engineering expert, test and evaluation engineer, CFD engineer, flight test engineering consultant, flight test research engineer, flight test technologist, flight test engineering specialist, aircraft test engineer, flight testing engineer.

Professionals 34 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: surface engineer, 50%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
surface engineer 50% covered aerospace engineer 48% covered rolling stock engineer 46% covered production engineer 42% covered satellite engineer 41% covered flight test engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from flight test engineer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a flight test engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A flight test 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.

Required skill Area
  • oversee aircraft sensor and recording systems constructing
  • plan test flights management skills
  • operate two-way radio systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • ensure aircraft compliance with regulation assisting and caring
  • operate radio navigation instruments working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • aviation meteorology services
  • aircraft flight control systems services
  • industrial engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • common aviation safety regulations business, administration and law
  • production processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a flight test engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Flight test engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a flight test 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.