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Aerospace Engineers

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  • Job description
  • Advancement and mobility
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2021-2025
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals design and develop aerospace vehicles, components, and systems. They ensure that vehicles and systems are put into production, develop the overhauls to be carried out, and certify them. They provide advanced technical support to customers and suppliers. They manage projects and teams. They work for:

  • Aircraft and spacecraft manufacturers
  • Air carriers
  • The government
  • Research institutes
  • Educational institutions

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature
  • Equipment, machinery, tools

Main tasks

  • Design and develop aerospace vehicles, systems and components (aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, satellites, etc.).
  • Develop and conduct computer simulations.
  • Specify the equipment and processes to be used in the aerospace field.
  • Supervise and coordinate the manufacture, repair, test flights, ground tests, and overhaul of vehicles.
  • Develop procedures, maintenance schedules, and manuals for operators.
  • Collaborate in the logistical and operational support of aerospace vehicles and systems.
  • Investigate defects, accidents, or incidents.
  • Draft reports and recommendations.

Advancement and mobility

  • Experience leads to senior or supervisory positions.
  • These individuals may work in related fields (science, engineering, sales, marketing, management, etc.).

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.
Minimum
$30.33
Median
$45.00
Maximum
$75.91

Job prospects for 2021-2025

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Job prospects for 2021-2025

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Good

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2020

All of Québec

3,500

All of Québec

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Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
12.6% Female
87.4% Male

Not available.
  • 12.6% Female
  • 87.4% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2015

All of Québec

$91,000

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for women
  • None

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for women
  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Aerospace Products and Parts
    NAICS 3364
    66% of jobs
  2. Architectural, Engineering and Related Services and Specialized Design Services
    NAICS 5413, 5414
    9% of jobs
  3. Machinery Manufacturing
    NAICS 333
    6% of jobs
  4. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    5% of jobs
  5. Transportation and Warehousing
    NAICS 48, 49
    4% of jobs
  6. Others
    10% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Aerospace Products and Parts
    NAICS 3364
    66% of jobs
  2. Architectural, Engineering and Related Services and Specialized Design Services
    NAICS 5413, 5414
    9% of jobs
  3. Machinery Manufacturing
    NAICS 333
    6% of jobs
  4. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    5% of jobs
  5. Transportation and Warehousing
    NAICS 48, 49
    4% of jobs
  6. Others
    10% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Most training programs are offered in French only.

University

Aerospacial, aeronautical, or astronautical engineering
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 62.2%

32.4% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 86.7%

3.3% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • École de technologie supérieure
  • École polytechnique de Montréal
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Sherbrooke
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University
Mechanical engineering
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 80.8%

14.3% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 78.4%

18.2% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • École de technologie supérieure
  • École polytechnique de Montréal
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Sherbrooke
  • Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
  • Université du Québec à Rimouski
  • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University
Project engineering
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 75%

25% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 79.2%

11.1% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • École de technologie supérieure
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Sherbrooke
  • Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
  • Université du Québec à Rimouski
  • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
  • McGill University

Also required

  • Membership in the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) to practice as an engineer and carry out activities reserved for engineers.

Sometimes required

  • Basic computer skills are often required.
  • Knowledge of existing computerized system is often required.
  • A Master’s degree in aerospace engineering or a Master’s or Doctoral degree in a related engineering discipline may be required.

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Information processing
  • Data collection
  • Critical thought
  • Reading comprehension
  • Science
  • Operation analysis
  • Active listening
  • Written expression
  • Oral expression
  • Mathematics
  • Solving complex problems
  • Result evaluation
  • Judgment and decision-making
  • Active learning
  • Systems evaluation
  • System analysis
  • Learning strategies
  • Quality control analysis
  • Technological design
  • Coordination
  • Time management
  • Persuasion
  • Teaching
  • Negotiation
  • Social perception
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Abilities

  • Written comprehension
  • Information organization
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Awareness of issues
  • Oral comprehension
  • Written expression
  • Verbal skills
  • Mathematical reasoning
  • Near vision
  • Speech clarity
  • Classification
  • Idea generation
  • Basic numeracy
  • Originality
  • Speech recognition
  • Visualization
  • Processing flexibility
  • Distance vision
  • Selective attention
  • Colour perception and distinction
  • Perception speed
More Less abilities

Knowledge and attributes

  • Focussed on results
  • Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
  • Professional ambition
  • Knowledge of mathematics
  • Versatility
  • Rigour
  • Sense of initiative
  • Attention to detail
  • Knowledge of engineering and technology
  • Enjoy challenges

Interests

  • Direct, organize, and manage
  • Draft, communicate, and inform
  • Work with numbers
  • Create, design
  • Carry out research
  • Make technical plans and drawings
  • Conduct tests and trials, control processes

Personality profiles (RIASEC)

Investigative
People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Realistic
People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
Enterprising
People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Additional information

Note about CNP

Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.

Official name of the NOC 2146 (21390)

Aerospace engineers

Job titles

  • Aeronautical project engineer
  • Aeronautical engineer
  • Aerospace engineer
  • Aerospace engineer - materials and processes
  • Space reliability specialist
  • Engineer weight analyst - aircraft design
  • Aerodynamics engineer
  • Aerospace engineer - systems analysis
  • Aerospace engineer - design and development
  • Aerospace engineer - material stress
  • Aerospace engineer - flight test
  • Aerospace engineer - flight operations
  • Aerospace engineer - weight and balance
  • Aerospace engineer - mass properties
  • Aerospace engineer - flight support
  • Aerospace engineer - systems
  • Propulsion engineer - aerospace vehicles
  • Aircraft design engineer
  • Aerospace test engineer
  • Weight and balance engineer - aerospace
  • Aerospace structural engineer
  • Aerospace systems engineer
More Less job titles

Skill type

Natural and applied sciences and related occupations

Related occupations

  • Electrical and electronics engineers
  • Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers
  • Engineering managers
  • Industrial and manufacturing engineers
  • Mechanical engineers
  • Metallurgical and materials engineers
  • Software engineers and designers

See also

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Last update: December 22, 2022

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