Aerospace Engineers
Aerospace engineers design and develop everything from commercial airplanes to fighter jets and missiles.
If you have considered engineering, an interesting and ever-changing sector to consider is aerospace engineering. This field is divided into two sectors: aeronautical engineers design and test aircraft and astronautical engineers work on spacecraft.
If developing things like commercial airplanes, fighter jets, missiles, rockets or helicopters sounds interesting to you, you would probably make a great aerospace engineer. People in this field work closely with aerodynamics and thermodynamics as well as propulsion, acoustics, celestial machines and control systems.
To be successful in this industry, you will need a bachelor’s, master’s degree or Ph.D. in aerospace engineering.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects an increase of employment opportunities by 10 percent in the next ten years. This field tends to grow as technology does, so as long as the technology field is booming, aerospace engineers will have plenty of developments to make on aircraft design. The bureau reports that the average salary for someone in this field is about $92,000 but that some aerospace engineers make as much as $134,000.