Aerospace engineers use scientific principles as well as engineering concepts and practices to design, build, test, and operate aerospace, aviation and aeronautical systems and vehicles. They are involved with the design, development, and production of vehicles for flight both in and beyond the atmosphere. Aerospace engineers apply their knowledge of aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, dynamics, control, and performance to a wide variety of challenges.

SAMPLE JOB TITLES

  • Aeronautical Engineer
  • Aerospace Stress Analysis Engineer
  • Aerospace Systems Engineer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics Engineer
  • Design Engineer
  • EBA Systems Engineer
  • Electrical Design Engineer
  • Field Engineer
  • Flight Controls Engineer
  • Flight Test Engineer
  • Machine Design Engineer
  • Manufacturing Engineer
  • Materials Testing Engineer
  • Mechanical Design Engineer
  • Missile Simulation Engineer
  • Pilot
  • Product Engineer
  • Propulsion Systems Engineer
  • Structures Engineer
  • Submarine Officer
  • Survivability Engineer
  • Systems Engineers
  • Test Engineer
  • Vehicle Systems and Flight Engineer

Sample job titles based on graduate responses to the Auburn University First Destination Survey in recent years (2020 - 2022).

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Salary Information

Undergraduate

Mean Starting Salary: $70,020

Median Starting Salary: $69,800

 

Mean and median starting salaries are based on responses to the 2022-2023 Auburn University First Destination Survey.

Hiring Companies and Organizations

These companies hired 2 or more graduates in 2020-2022.

TOP CITIES

  • Huntsville, AL
  • Greenville, SC
  • Pensacola, FL
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Auburn, AL

Based on graduate responses to the Auburn University First Destination Survey in recent years (2020 - 2022).

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