Bridge engineer who has an offer for a mech role in aerospace.

I’m not too happy at my current role but I’m not sure if I should make the jump or not.

For reference it will be a 40% pay increase but my commute increases from 30 minutes to a hour. I’m pretty underpaid at my current gig right now so that’s why the increase is pretty big.

I’m just curious if there is anything I should be aware of. I will have a clearance in the future (not sure if that impacts your life a lot). A few close bridge friends are telling me “the grass isn’t always greener” and to stay in bridge.

I’m a mid year engineer with 6 yoe. I guess I’m just trying to figure this all out and worried if I do make the jump, I won’t enjoy it.

For reference, I’m not the smartest person in the room but I’m a hard worker and my work ethic is really how I’ve made it this far. I tend to get a bit intimidated when I meet other engineers for the first time.

So just looking to hear everyone’s 2 cents. How has your time in Aero/defense been?

Exciting news for the aerospace community around Houston!

From November 4th-6th, students, industry professionals, and enthusiasts across disciplines are invited to the nation's longest-running space interest conference, SpaceVision, hosted by SEDS USA.

There will be expert panels on a variety of fields from Artemis to in space manufacturing, and even topics such as space medicine and science fiction. There are also thousands of dollars in competition prizes, exclusive networking events, and multi-day access to all of Space Center Houston.

I would definitely look up more information if you're nearby, even if you can only make it for one day I think it's super worth it! I know many other aerospace professionals who got their start via this conference or the organization hosting.

You can submit your questions now: https://www.reddit.com/u/UCBerkeley/s/we4fFYuTje

Can anybody review my CV for masters application in aerospace engineering
I am applying at UT Austin, Purdue, CU Boulder, VT, UMD.
The area I want to specialize is astrodynamics and spacecraft GNC

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j43H2dv6JhlMe9uIKHDCRFZQXiK5q1_j/view?usp=drive_link

Hey guys, does anyone have experience with the second round space X interview for mechanicals, particularly the Test Engineer role? Any advice or insight into potential technical questions or what to expect is really really appreciated, thank you

Hey all, couldn't find an active page that people posted about jobs at BAE systems, maybe i missed it. Looks like they mostly were posted here - does anyone know what the test engineer 2 does at BAE? Is it fabricating and hooking up equipment etc and just taking data then handing it off. Are you the one responsible for the product and get to actually analyze results/make improvements? Any information is helpful, thanks!

So, I am a computer science major student, and I need to do a research based project for my college, my professor says that we need to do publish a research paper. For the research paper to be accepted, the research need to be valid and unique.

I'm thinking of doing this research on gravitational waves (processing the gravitational wave data using AI/ML and make something useful out of it)

Please suggest me some idea that I can implement and make a legit research paper ot of it 🙏🙏

I’m currently a Boeing employee as a machinist and recently received an offer for a Summer 2027 engineering internship.
I applied through the internal employee portal, and HR and Labor Relations will be coordinating my transfer.
My offer letter mentions a background check and drug screening as part of the pre-employment requirements.
Since I’m already an employee, I’m wondering if these requirements still apply to internal transfers or if they’re mainly for external hires.
Has anyone gone through a similar process, especially transferring from an hourly union position to an engineering internship? Did you have to complete another background check and drug screening?
Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone I recently got a interview scheduled with General Atomics for a aircraft technician position in San Diego

I was wondering if anyone currently works or has interviewed for this position and could share their experience.
What was the interview process like?
What kind of technical questions did they ask?
How difficult was the interview for someone coming from a mechanical background?
What’s the day-to-day work environment like?

Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated

Can anyone explain how and what autogenous tig is used in aerospace sector?

Curious if anyone knows what is going on the flaps/spoilers? My friend sent this video saying it’s a yellow ish color. At first glance i thought it may be Zinc Chromate coating but suggestions from another group say it’s Hydraulic Fluid. Plane landed safely and no announcements were made.

Hello reader , I m cs fresher , I m thinking of aiming to space tech in flight software, robotics , fear of ai has got me anxious and demotivated , what if I don't enjoy my work ? What if I get laid off mid project?. Is my space tech path is right considering ai doing the work? Or should I shift in diff field. Anyone who is in nasa , jaxa , esa , spacex can pls share ur thoughts on my thinking. Is there be any future in this path I m choosing. Thank you

Hello. I will be graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Aerospace Engineering. I have recently received interview from SpaceX. It is for the position : Mechanical Engineer (Data Center MEP Systems). It is going to be a first round interview, which is a 30 minute call with the recruiter. I need advice on how to prepare for this interview. I have done a lot of interviews before but it is all behavioral. I am pretty good at answering using STAR. I have never done technical interview before. What type of questions can I expect first round? How can I best prepare for it? Please let me know. It would really help me out.

Hey, so I've got a BSc in software engineering and a good few years of pentesting behind me. Lately I've been going down the rabbit hole of space security, satellites, cubesats, ground stations, all that stuff, and I’d really like to work on it properly.

I want to do a masters part time while keeping my job, but I can't figure out which direction is actually worth it. I'm torn between something like aerospace/space system, electrical engineering or embedded systems.

Would really appreciate any advice you have.

(Crossposting this to a few subs, so sorry if you see it twice)

Thanks!

Insulation for a lunar home would need to survive more than extreme temperatures. Packing, installation and repeated handling could damage materials that otherwise block heat effectively. A stack of familiar plastic film may offer a way to preserve insulation after substantial compression.

Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania tested hundreds of thin Mylar sheets, including versions stiffened with a ceramic coating. Their study, published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, describes hybrid layered insulating film stacks, or HyLIFS. Small laboratory samples combined low heat transfer in a vacuum with flexibility and resistance to repeated squeezing.

The findings suggest a possible material for lunar infrastructure, rather than a finished product ready for space. The samples covered about one square centimeter, and assembling them took hours. Their performance across the moon’s full temperature range remains to be established.

Tesla has used cold-gas thrusters for the Roadster. What if similar technology were used for an autonomous skydiving rescue vehicle?

The concept is a truck equipped with upward-facing thrusters that tracks a skydiver from high altitude, continuously predicts their trajectory, and repositions itself throughout the descent. This would be a routine safety precaution, not something initiated only after a parachute failure.

If both parachutes failed, the vehicle would already be near the predicted landing location. Its thrusters would direct high-speed gas upward to decelerate the skydiver enough for a survivable landing on a padded truck bed.

The main engineering questions are:

• Could cold-gas jets transfer enough momentum to safely decelerate a falling human?
• How far above the truck would braking need to begin?
• Could the airflow be distributed without injuring or destabilizing the skydiver?
• Could autonomous tracking and positioning achieve sufficient accuracy?
• Would fans or another propulsion technology work better?

Is there a fundamental physics limitation that makes this impractical, or is it primarily an engineering challenge?

P.S. To clarify, the truck would always be on the ground. The idea is to use the thrusters to slow down the falling skydiver so they can survive a landing on the padded truck bed.

The truck would act proactively by going to where the skydiver is currently headed to land even before there's a parachute failure.

What is the general work load differences among the different teams at SpaceX? Is Starlink in Bastrop much more long hours than Redmond vs. McGregor? Just want to understand the differences between the businesses.

Which companies would fully cover a PhD?

Lockheed, RTX, and Boeing ?

Hello, I am an Electrical Engineering student who was lucky enough to get an onsite interview at SpaceX. I am meant to give a technical presentation on my most challenging project. I am choosing a board I redesigned and tested for a club that I am in. The problem is I am worried that it is not that impressive. I have some projects from my internship but I obviously can't show schematics and such and they are also not crazy impressive.

I was really surprised that I got the onsite interview too. I did a technical phone screen for a different position but I got rejected, I had done mostly well, but had gotten one question wrong. My recruiter then matched me with a new role and I did an interview where I talked about one of my work projects and got asked some basic technical questions. I honestly thought I wouldn't move forward because the project I had (again) wasn't crazy impressive. Somehow I got an onsite interview though. I am kind of shocked and thought I would have to go through more interviews.

Does any body have insight into what sort of projects they are looking for in the onsite interview? I mean like difficulty wise, I would like to see how I stand. I don't know if I am experiencing imposter syndrome or if I actually just somehow lucked out into an onsite interview.

Thanks!