The Collar360

Flight test engineer

Other names

flight test technology specialist, flight test technician, flight test performance engineer, flight test engineering expert, test and evaluation engineer, CFD engineer, flight test engineering consultant, flight test research engineer, flight test technologist, flight test engineering specialist, aircraft test engineer, flight testing engineer

Electrical and electronic engineering

They plan flight tests with other engineers, set up systems that record data, study the data, write reports, and keep tests safe.

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    Plan flight tests in detail with other engineers.

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    Make sure the machines that record test data are fitted.

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    Look at the data collected during test flights.

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

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Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
ingénieur d’essais en vol/ingénieure d’essais en vol
español
ingeniero de pruebas de vuelo/ingeniera de pruebas de vuelo
العربية
مهندس اختبار الطيران / مهندسة اختبار طيران
português
Engenheiro especialista em testes de voo/Engenheira especialista em testes de voo
Deutsch
Flugtest-Ingenieur/Flugtest-Ingenieurin
italiano
ingegnere sperimentatore di volo

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