aerospace engineering technician

Aerospace engineering technicians work with aerospace engineers to operate, maintain and test equipment used on aircraft and spacecraft. They review blueprints and instructions to determine test specifications and procedures. They use software to make sure that parts of a spacecraft or aircraft are functioning properly. They record test procedures and results, and make recommendations for changes.

The most in-demand skills for this role include engineering principles, material mechanics, mathematics, aircraft mechanics, physics, engineering processes. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives aerospace engineering technician a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.