Career Research Aerospace engineering is a field of engineering that is tasked with the development of spacecraft and aircraft. Aerospace engineering can be broken down into two main branches of work; aeronautical and astronautical. Aeronautical engineering pertains to vehicles that fly in the atmosphere. Astronautical engineering pertains to vehicles that leave the Earth’s atmosphere. Aerospace engineering is a job that relies heavily on technology and people that have a good understanding of technology. Mathematics is practically mandatory for aerospace engineers as a majority of the job is engineering. To understand how to land a career in the aerospace engineering field, you must understand the pay and expected growth, what is required …show more content…
Employees typically earn $52.72 an hour and $109,650 yearly. (Aerospace, 2017) The pay ranges from $70,400 to $109,650 (Aerospace, 2017) (Scott, 2003) and has steadily risen more towards the higher half of that range. Aerospace engineering is expected to grow by 6%, which is as fast as average compared to other jobs. (Aerospace, 2017) Growth for aerospace engineering might continue to grow as the current working employees tend to be more elderly and might plan on retiring soon, leaving more positions open to newer people who are ready for a job. A younger workforce is usually less experienced, but if the right college is chosen for education, some new employees might end up being more experienced than the previous …show more content…
Communication is a major requirement at the worksite so that the worker and others around him/her can successfully complete their jobs correctly. Workers are set to communicate through their computer, telephone, and through face to face conversations. (Summary, 2015) (Scott, 2002) Employees are typically put into work groups to complete larger tasks with others constantly. (Summary, 2015) The hours worked usually add up to 40 hour weeks, a majority of the hours are spent on computers. (Scott, 2002)Workers usually arrive at 7-8AM and leaving at 4-5PM. Sometimes workers are asked to come in at 5AM or stay until 10PM. (Scott,