Aerospace Engineers

39% (Low Risk)

Low Risk (21-40%): Jobs in this level have a limited risk of automation, as they demand a mix of technical and human-centric skills.

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Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Aerospace Engineers' was $130,720, or $62 per hour

'Aerospace Engineers' were paid 172.0% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

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High school freshmen 10000038 (Uncertain) 5 days ago

The robots might be able to design the best aircraft but they can’t account for ersonal flare and other human factors like tailoring to a certain government officials tastes so you get chosen.

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Alex (Low) 3 months ago

Aerospace engineering requires human creativity that AI simply lacks

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Sven H. (Highly likely) 8 months ago

I believe this profession is at high risk of being taken over by AI. Although the job does require creativity, it is highly possible that in the future, humans will enter a prompt (for the design of an aircraft), and the AI will create a 3-D model of the prompt.

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London Smith 9 days ago

If CATIA v5 is any indicator, there’s quite a bit of time for AI to figure out how to CAD model

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wefjiboeu (No chance) 12 months ago

The engineering of this kind of stuff requires sudden changes and the human mind

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Felipe Duarte Padilha (No chance) 1 year ago

Airplanes or general aircraft are extremely complicated machinery that would need AI inside of the craft to be engineered. It is also extremely costly and would most likely not be able for it to be replaced.

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Nirmal Teja (No chance) 1 year ago

It's almost impossible to any type of artificial intelligence to think out of the box as a human thoughts go there is no limit to human creativity but the artificial intelligence is limited even after decades..

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James (No chance) 2 years ago

Needs innovation and creativity

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singe rapide 7 months ago

So ?

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Aero (Low) 2 years ago

Required novel application of physics

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L.M. (No chance) 2 years ago

the risk of even a slight failure could prevent an ai that could replace this job from ever leaving development

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duck (Uncertain) 2 years ago

Engineering is a difficult job and with the precision of present machines, they could make things more accurate than human hands. The only downside is a machine/robot can't make full decisions, Humans are able to go through options and choose the best one based on circumstance. Robots can't do that... yet

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Bagle 1 year ago

pls don't tel me me future profssion will b replaced by AI

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Kauã (No chance) 2 years ago

No way people trust building ROCKETS to A.I.S

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Sawle (Uncertain) 2 years ago

It really depends on how we see it, if we as engineers use AI to our advantage and adapt it's positives we can easily stay in the field, but if we step aside then you know what will happen eventually.
World now is not waiting for us to improve it WILL improve.

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BibirMengkeroet (Low) 3 years ago

Applying for a position as an Aerospace Engineer is already challenging. It's also a job where, if something goes wrong even in the slightest, the financial losses could be enormous.

Take a look at the 2013 Proton rocket crash. It occurred because the engineer installed the rotation sensors upside down, causing it to plummet to the ground. Such a small mistake resulted in $65 million dollars in losses.

However, it could be possible that AI will create more efficient propulsion designs in the future.

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A (Moderate) 3 years ago

Because we could use robots to design and build the aircraft and do the calculations for us.

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Rick 2 years ago

Robots currently lack the creative ability and proccessing power to do complex designing, so as of the near future its not likely it will be taken over.

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Saltine (Uncertain) 3 years ago

Some aspects like assembly could be covered by robots but idk if the design and testing process can

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Bret (Low) 4 years ago

It's a complex job. Many constraints need to be accounted for. A computer just may not be as good at it.

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N (Small Chance) 4 years ago

I personally do not believe that rocket scientists/aerospace engineers will be overthrown by AI/robots because it requires complex math, complex designing, and building. I do understand that AI will improve over the years, but I don't see robots doing a job like this. Though I do see them helping around. This scares me as they could probably move up a position.

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G (No chance) 4 years ago

This job designs vehicles that are specifically made for aeronautical and astronautical transportation. It is a highly creative job that requires thinking outside the box.

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Nicolas (No chance) 4 years ago

aerospace engineering is an area that needs innovation and creativity, always discovering new things and not always doing the same task, testing new materials and things that have never been used are constant tasks, etc.

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Apoorva 4 years ago

As it is a very risk taking job, the one working in this sector has to have a clear mindset of what is right and what is wrong. Whereas robots take decisions according to the way they are programmed. Adding to this, robots are machines so even if they can impress yet they cannot express. Flying or operating a spacecraft or a missile or a rover needs some emotional attachments with hard work, dedication and dreams. Just completing a task within a short span of time won't give happiness 🙂

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