Aviation Engineer
Aircraft engineers comprising of a high hierarchy, research, design, manufacture, and maintain the aircraft optimally. They work dedicatedly and scrupulously on every mechanical aspect of the craft, including airframes, hydraulics & pneumatics, engines & fuel systems, and control & communications systems. Aircraft or aviation engineers inspect, repair, and maintain immaculate conditions of the airframes and the engines, as well as munitions. Avionic engineers are concerned mainly with the electrical and electronic equipment on the aircraft including various instruments, radio, and radar.
Aircraft engineers and various ancillary engineering technicians work on aircraft for the above mentioned purposes indoor in the hangars and outdoors. If involved in the research and design stages, they will generally be working indoors in clean laboratories, although the assembly, fitting & testing may be outdoors or in the factory production areas.
Aircraft maintenance engineers generally work during the evening and at night when the aircrafts are not in use. This obviously means that the work usually requires shift working, overtime and being on call. Some aircraft maintenance engineers work away from their home in remote locations for extended periods of time. The works can be very physically demanding or lifting. Engineers and technicians may have to work in noisy environments, in uncomfortable positions or on scaffolds. Working quickly and hurriedly, while observing safety standards scrupulously, can be very stressful.