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Chosen career:
Flight Software
Interests:
Computing
Skills:
CollaborativeHard-workingLogical
Description
Flight software engineers make programs that control everything once the spacecraft is out of Earth’s atmosphere, such as cameras or solar panels. This includes making scientific measurements, ways for astronauts to control the spacecraft and ways for the spacecraft to dock with other spacecraft such as a space station.
Routes
A STEM degree is usually required. Examples of your own coding projects will be very useful.
Example UK Employers
Airbus
Key Stage 2 Curriculum Links
Science
Properties and changes of materials: Flight software engineers know how the materials of the spacecraft might change in different conditions and account for this in their software.
Earth and space: Flight software engineers know about the environments the spacecraft will be in and what the astronauts might need to do in them.
Forces: Flight software engineers know about the forces acting on the spacecraft when it is controlled in different ways.
Other
Computing: Flight software engineers write the software for the spacecraft.
Key Stage 3 Curriculum Links
Chemistry
Materials: Flight software engineers know how changes in the materials of the spacecraft may change operations and account for this in their software.
Physics
Motion and forces: Flight software engineers know how forces affect the spacecraft and the motion caused by operation of different control systems.
Matter (inc Space physics): Flight software engineers know about possible environments and scenarios the spacecraft may encounter and write programs to account for this.
Other
Computing: Flight software engineers write the software for the spacecraft.
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Collaborative, Hard-working and Logical, so could work in Flight Software. I’m a #spaceperson. https://www.spaceperson.co.uk
