Also called: Advanced Air Mobility Engineer
Designs battery-powered aircraft that take off like helicopters and fly like planes, meant to become flying taxis.
Startups move fast: in one day you might size a battery pack, help repair a prototype propeller, and watch a test flight from a field in a hard hat. You work on a brand-new kind of aircraft that the FAA is still writing rules for.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering.
Growing faster than average. New industry not tracked separately by BLS; growth depends on air-taxi certification and funding.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI speeds design studies in a young industry; building prototypes, flight tests and first-ever FAA certifications stay human.
Classes: AP Physics, AP Calculus, Electronics class, CAD class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2011.
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