Aeronautical Engineer

• assessing design requirements
• testing, evaluating, modifying and re-testing products
• writing reports and documentation
• agreeing budgets, timescales and specifications with clients/managers
• undertaking theoretical and practical research
• providing technical advice
• analysing and interpreting data.
• producing and implementing designs and test procedures
• measuring and improving performance of aircraft, components and systems

An ability to work under pressure and to deadline is important. Engineers may work from offices, or they may be based in aircraft workshops, production hangars or aeronautical laboratories. Local and national travel between sites can be necessary, while opportunities for international travel arise with professional courses and conferences and through working within international partnerships and consortiums.

Lengthy career breaks are difficult due to the need to keep up to date with recent technological developments.