Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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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.

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

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
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from flight test engineer. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a flight test engineer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.