I just got a job in military aerospace engineering and realised I don't really know much about aerospace engineering. I have one degree in mechatronics and one in CS but never really covered much aerodynamics, propulsion, etc. They provide me with a few months of training but I wanna get a head start. Can anyone recommend any good courses, books, etc.?
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>>16480485I'm gonna one day put a cap on that tongue of yours
>>16480463Are you actually doing anything with propulsion or aerodynamics? I worked in "aerospace" for a while but it was pretty much entirely just kalman filtering, DSP, and a bit of statistics. That's all stuff that shouldn't be too far away from your background.If you're working in the propulsion or fluid dynamics parts of the problem, and you have a robotics focused background, you're probably fucked and shouldn't have been hired for that in the first place. I can try and scrape a few suggestions together if you're certain that sort of aerodynamics and chemistry focused part of things will be your area, but you should make sure you understand specifically which part of the problem they are expecting competence from you. You might be doing one of the many "data oriented" parts of the problem like radar/tracking/communications/sensor management.
>>16480463Congrats on the diversity hire
Get pic related, understand the (limited) theory presented, do mindful experimentation. You weren't hired for your aerospace experience but you are right that it helps to have some understanding of the concepts, if not for your work itself, just so you have some understanding of the company.
>>16480662If only. I'm straight, male, white in a 70% white country. Employers hate me.>>16480552Job description and interviews have been fairly vague so far but I don't expect to be doing anything as complex as designing propulsion systems. But it's hard to say exactly what my work will entail until I start the training course.I do know it will be relatively high level, think more maintenance than design. So could even be shit like radiography for fault detection, I don't actually know if I'll be working on planes or weapons systems etc. either yet. It's more of a managerial role too. I'm fine with this, I do plenty of complex shit in my own time.>>16480687>You weren't hired for your aerospace experience but you are right that it helps to have some understanding of the concepts, if not for your work itself, just so you have some understanding of the company.Couldn't have said it better myself, I'm jumping into aero from a higher paying field that I didnt enjoy, wanted to mix it up. I also just like to learn and figure I may as well kill two birds with one stone. So to sum up I'm really just looking for a catch all introduction before I start the training they provide. I'll check this out, cheers.
>>16480766just play some KSP in your free timeknow that supersonic aero is extremely unlike subsonic aero
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>>16480463>OP gets hired for job he doesn't even know anything about>I can't even get an interview for jobs I'm uniquely qualified forfml
>>16480463is there any to get into this field with no degree? >t.self taught programmer
>>16480463You will probably be a football and a yes man between production and management, or whatever the military calls it. Justifying procedures and acceptance criteria outside of the written technical data and updating manuals to incorporate the ideas and sweeping most stuff under the rug. Every time there is a crash investigation, shift blame onto civilian contractors. Explain away when out of calibration equipment was used. I was pseudo management mechanic for twenty years and helped enginqueers with all that stuf. I don’t usually hang here except to swing by and troll. >>16482815 I am more of an /adv/ guy.>>16480766Yeah, so don’t be an arrogant know it all prick to your grease monkeys and they will take care of you. Management will always be in a position to kiss your ass but try to make you think that speed is more important than anything. It is your job to make them suck cock. I mean, idk but that’s what I’ve seen. One really handy thing to know is how gravity acts on liquids. Pretty easy huh? You’d be surprised how many test benches are “designed” with shit all upside down and backwards. Always get buddy checks before you get dogmatic and cut someone’s head off, pressure testing. A plumber only needs to know that shit rolls down hill and, don’t bite fingernails. Be smarter than a plumber.
>>16483152Oh. Yes in the US. You can work for a repair station under supervision of certified fags and get engineering authorisation from flaunting abilities and understanding politics.
>>16480463I have years of experience in military aerospace engineering and I never read any books lol
>>16483289>work for a repair stationi just realized i'd have to leave my house. nevermind.
>>16482815Discussing which topics to research for a job I've already secured neither homework nor discussing a career path.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is also one of the topics listed on the board's wiki https://4chan-science.fandom.com/wiki/Mechanical_and_Aerospace_Engineering>>16482824Tbf I was looking for work for like 2 years. Half assed, I run a business on the side that makes more money than this aero job will. But still, I was looking for a long time, finding work is just a pain in the ass.>>16483644Fair enough lol, I got good grades across 2 degrees without reading any of my textbooks. Trying to get more into reading though, cheaper than doing courses.>>16482804I actually considered this, also was thinking of getting VTOL VR just to familiarise myself with some fighter jet functionalities. >>16483240>don’t be an arrogant know it all prick to your grease monkeys and they will take care of youFully intend to respect this, the interviewer said I'm likely to be in charge of people much older and more experienced than me. So I'm pretty cool with largely trusting their expertise and being hands off with people who genuinely know more about it than I do. I think it'll be a fine balance of that and not being a pushover.
