STEM Research
Aerospace Engineer
Aerospace engineering would be a great job for me because it would use my skills in math and science and apply them to building, repairing, and improving technology in the aerospace industry.
A job in aerospace engineering pays fairly well with a median income of $118,610 annually; with around $60,000 on the low end and $200,000 on the high end. The minimum education requirement for a job in this field is a bachelor's degree with little exception. Aerospace engineering is usually a 9-5 job, being around 40 hours a week. Once the mandatory training is completed, no additional courses are needed.
The career includes lots of perks, including health and life insurance, 15-20 days of paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, and retirement plans. Helpful skills to have are mathematics, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
The positives of aerospace engineering include improving air transport quality and efficiency, making airplanes and spacecraft safer, and cutting down costs on all of these. The negatives are the same as many other jobs, being stressful at times and being required to move frequently.
Although engineers are at they're desks now more than ever, they do get to go out and work with their physical equipment occasionally. Most of the desk work includes analyzing and simulating results from recently done tests. The job does seem to have a bright future, with the growth rate at about 8% from 2020-2030. Although machines are getting very good at detecting problems and fixing them on their own, they still need a little help from humans. That's why aerospace engineers are needed.
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