Career as Aerospace Engineer
Aerospace engineers may develop new technologies for use in aviation, defence systems, and spacecraft. They often specialize in areas such as aerodynamic fluid flow, structural design, guidance, navigation, and control, instrumentation and communication, robotics, and propulsion and combustion. Aerospace engineering is a very specialized branch of Engineering that includes a detailed study of skills to design, manufacture and maintain spacecraft, aircraft, missiles and weapons systems. It is a combination of Aeronautical Engineering and Astronautical Engineering. It includes aspects of mechanical engineering as well as computer application, structures, mathematics, physics, drafting, electricity, robotics, aeronautics etc.
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It may include working with aircraft, weapons and missile systems, maintaining, assembling and testing such systems which can be termed as Aeronautical Engineering. The other branch is Astronomical Engineering, which includes working with designing, assembling and maintenance technology associated with space crafts and other complex systems.
If you are interested in the subject and do a
PhD, you might also get an opportunity to work at the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States
(US). This field is ever-changing and has great scope if you are
good at research.
Career in Aerospace Engineering
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Design various complex systems such as spacecraft, aircraft, missiles and weapons systems
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Maintaining that these system function properly
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Managing the control room for such systems
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Ensuring safety and security features in such complex systems
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Providing solutions to make the system work again if it malfunctions
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Assembling and testing of such systems
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Guide the pilots of aircraft in aviation and navigation
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Developing new technologies related to navigation, instrumentation and communication; robotics; and propulsion and combustion.
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Coming up with new technologies for such systems
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Designing components of these complex systems
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Ensuring they do not harm the environment
Role, Salary and Top Companies
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Name of Job/Role |
Average Salary offered (at 2-5 years work ex) |
Top Recruiting Companies |
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Entry-level aerospace engineers |
675,200 to 819,946 lakh per annum |
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) |
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Aeronautical engineers |
30 lakh per annum |
Defense Research and Development Laboratories (DRDO) |
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Astronautical engineers |
5-6 lakh per annum |
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) |
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Aerospace engineers |
8 lakh per annum |
Civil Aviation Department |
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Aerospace designer checker |
3-6 lakh per annum |
Air India |
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Aircraft production managers |
12 lakh per annum |
India Space Research Organization (ISRO) |
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Mechanical design engineers |
7,30,808 lakh per annum |
Tata Advanced Systems |
Pros and Cons of being a Aerospace Engineer
Pros
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It is a cool industry as in you can explore many things with regards to technology development.
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If you are lucky, you might get to be part of NASA
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Pay is quite good
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The work involved is quite interesting
Cons
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The companies to apply for are quite limited
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The job position is quite competitive
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The projects are mostly run by the government
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In the job pool, there is a lot of hierarchy
How do I get there?
Candidates should be passed in their 10th examination in science and math subjects
Candidates must have a 50% marks score for the
general category students and 45 % marks score for the reserved
category students.
You must be a graduate in Science stream to
apply for further study in this field. It also includes the
specialised study of various branches of engineering such as
Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Software
engineering.
It may be helpful to have basic knowledge of all branches of engineering as it requires specialized knowledge in all branches such as Software engineering, Environmental Engineering, Instrumentation and Control Engineering and aerodynamics and propulsion systems.
You must be good at mathematics, physics and Science. If you are good at physics and mathematics, there are many opportunities in this field and it has scopes working at very high-level organizations like :
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Indian Space Research Organisations (ISRO)
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
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National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL)
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Defence Research And Development Organisation (DRDO)
How much does it cost?
What are the Top Colleges where one should be studying to become a Aerospace Engineer?
Listed are some of the best colleges that you might want to look at. These colleges are ranked from the top one to the average ones. The best part is good infrastructure facility and good tutors that you may not find elsewhere.
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Rank of College |
Name of College, City |
Programme Fees |
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1 |
IIT Bombay - Indian Institute of Technology (IITB) |
8.5 lakh |
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2 |
LPU - Lovely Professional University |
5.4 lakh |
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3 |
SRM Institute of Science and Technology Chennai, Kattankulathur |
10 lakh |
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7 |
M.V.J. College of Engineering - MVJCE |
8.23 lakh |
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8 |
MIT School of Engineering (MITSOE) |
8 lakh |
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9 |
DSU - Dayananda Sagar University |
9 lakh |
Course and Syllabus for Aerospace Engineers
There are many graduation and post-graduation courses in this beside, some certification courses if done rightly also increases chances of being recruited by top companies
Graduation courses
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B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
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B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering
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B.Tech. in Engineering Physics
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B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering
Diploma courses after
graduation
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Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering
Master Courses after graduation
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M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
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M.Sc. in Physics
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M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Syllabus
For B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering syllabus like
Organic & Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Computer
Programming and Utilization, Calculus, Linear Algebra & Ordinary
Differential Equations I, Workshop Practice, Electricity and
Magnetism, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Introduction to
Electrical and Electronic Circuits.
For M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering there are topics like Electives, Software Lab, Seminar, Communication Skills, Electives, M.Tech Project, Electives, and M.Tech Project
For Diploma syllabi like Aircraft Maintenance & Practice, Maintenance Management, C-Programming Lab, Aircraft System Servicing Lab, Project Work (Working Model), Applied Science, CAR (Civil Aviation Regulation), and Avionics & Aircraft Radio System.
Books and other Study Material
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Flight Stability and Automatic Control – Nelson, R.C
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Aerodynamics, Aeronautics, and Flight Mechanics – McCormick
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Aircraft Structures – Peery, D.J. and Azar, J.J
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Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach – by Dan Raymer
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Airframe Stress Analysis and Sizing – by Michael Niu
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Aircraft Propulsion – Saeed Farokhi
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Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion – Philip Hill
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Compressible Fluid Flow – Patrick H. Oosthuizen
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