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pilot is the last person needed to get a plane off the ground because before they hit the throttle, a huge team of flight test engineers, navigation system designers and aircraft architects have built and prepped the machine for take-off. These aviation careers sound exotic but getting there isn’t: you need to be armed with a master’s degree in aerospace engineering, an engineering apprenticeship or a technical aeroskills course. These qualifications will open doors to jobs that literally fly you around the world.
Who’s hiring?
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Global giants like aeroplan e makers Boeing and Airbus, engine designe rs like Rolls Royce, and defence compa nies like Lockheed Martin are hunting for ne w employees who can build the next genera tion drone, plane or navigation system. Then there are companie s such as Destinus, which is building a hypersonic plane fueled by clean hydrogen that will cut the time it takes to fly from Sydney to Am erica from 17 hours to just four. Propulsio n engineers at airlines around the world are looking at everything from hydrogen to biofuel to get planes off fossil fuel. At home, Australia’s airfor ce and navy are keen to find people who can fix and fly helicopters – and run missi ons.
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