Also called: Simulator Maintenance Engineer, Sim Tech
Keeps the multi-million-dollar full-motion simulators that airlines and the military use for pilot training running perfectly.
Simulators run nearly 24/7, so you troubleshoot the hydraulic motion system, projectors, and computer models between training sessions. When a pilot reports the 'plane' feels wrong in a crosswind, you dig into the software and hardware to fix it.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate or bachelor's in electronics or computer engineering technology; military simulator experience is common.
Ways in: 2-year college, Military, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Electronics Engineering Technology, Computer Engineering Technology.
Growing about average. Grows with pilot training demand.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI diagnostics help find faults; repairing motion systems and computers by hand stays, with fewer techs per center.
Classes: Electronics, Computer science, Physics.
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