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Aerospace Engineering Technician

Aviation

Operate, install, adjust, and maintain integrated computer/communications systems, consoles, simulators, and other data acquisition, test, and measurement instruments and equipment, which are used to launch, track, position, and evaluate air and space vehicles. May record and interpret test data.

You can enter this career straight after SPM. A degree is optional, not required.

AviationMechanical Engineering

Picture the job

Where you'd usually workAn airport or hangar

  • Mostly indoors
  • Sitting for most of the day
  • Dealing with customers or the public
  • A noisy workplace

An illustration of a typical workplace, not a photo. The work-style notes come from US O*NET data, so read them as a guide.

Pay in Malaysia

We don't have a sourced Malaysian salary range for this job yet, and we'd rather show nothing than a number we can't stand behind.

Where to check:

  • JobStreet and Hiredly job ads for this title
  • DOSM Salaries & Wages Survey
  • SSPA scheme tables, if you're aiming for a government post

How far is this from you?

Roughly how much preparation this job usually takes. In Malaysia your UPU route and the programme's syarat still decide entry, so treat this as a guide, not a gate.

  1. 1

    Entry straight after SPM

  2. 2

    SPM + sijil / short TVET course

  3. Typical entry

    Diploma / TVET (sijil–diploma)

  4. 4

    Degree (ijazah sarjana muda)

  5. 5

    Postgrad (sarjana / PhD) or professional route

Typical educationPost-secondary certificate
The full route to this careerThe steps from school, UPU programmes and sourced costs, read against your answers.

How to get here

Post-SPM pathways with programmes in this career's fields. Tap one to see real programmes and entry requirements.

Matriculation

One or two years, heavily subsidised with allowance. Competitive, quota-based entry.

12–24 months
Compare routes against your results and interests

Check what you may qualify for

Enter your SPM grades and see which routes and programmes you may qualify for. An estimate to plan with, not an offer.

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Quick answers

How do you become an Aerospace Engineering Technician in Malaysia?

Routes after SPM that lead here include Matriculation.

Can I become an Aerospace Engineering Technician straight after SPM?

Yes. This career can be started with a certificate, diploma or TVET training straight after SPM, without a degree.

What should I study to become an Aerospace Engineering Technician?

Related fields of study: Aviation and Mechanical Engineering. SPM subjects that help most: Mechanical Engineering Studies, Physics, Design & Technology (RBT) and Additional Mathematics.

How much does an Aerospace Engineering Technician earn in Malaysia?

We don't yet have a Malaysian source we can cite for Aerospace Engineering Technician pay, so we show no figure.

What you'd do all day

The tasks that matter most in this job, most important first.

  1. 1Test aircraft systems under simulated operational conditions, performing systems readiness tests and pre- and post-operational checkouts, to establish design or fabrication parameters.
  2. 2Identify required data, data acquisition plans, and test parameters, setting up equipment to conform to these specifications.
  3. 3Inspect, diagnose, maintain, and operate test setups and equipment to detect malfunctions.
  4. 4Confer with engineering personnel regarding details and implications of test procedures and results.
  5. 5Record and interpret test data on parts, assemblies, and mechanisms.
  6. 6Operate and calibrate computer systems and devices to comply with test requirements and to perform data acquisition and analysis.
  7. 7Finish vehicle instrumentation and deinstrumentation.
  8. 8Adjust, repair, or replace faulty components of test setups and equipment.
  9. 9Fabricate and install parts and systems to be tested in test equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and test instruments.
  10. 10Construct and maintain test facilities for aircraft parts and systems, according to specifications.
  11. 11Design electrical and mechanical systems for avionic instrumentation applications.

Also known as

What this job is called on JobStreet, LinkedIn and in job ads. Search these too.

  • Aerographer
  • Test Specialist
  • Test Technician
  • Flight Technician
  • Research Mechanic
  • Aerospace Mechanic
  • Aerospace Assembler
  • Aerospace Technician
  • Wind Tunnel Mechanic
  • Engineering Specialist

Subjects that matter here

The SPM subjects worth your effort for this career, with the reason for each.

Mechanical Engineering StudiesDraws directly on Mechanical — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
PhysicsDraws directly on Mechanical — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
Design & Technology (RBT)Draws directly on Mechanical — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
Additional MathematicsDraws directly on Engineering and Technology — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
InventionDraws directly on Engineering and Technology — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).

What you'd need to know

The subject areas this job leans on most, and the SPM subjects that build them.

  • Mechanical90%

    Mechanical Engineering StudiesPhysicsDesign & Technology (RBT)

  • Engineering and Technology86%

    PhysicsAdditional MathematicsDesign & Technology (RBT)

  • Mathematics79%

    Additional MathematicsMathematics

  • Production and Processing76%

    Design & Technology (RBT)Mechanical Engineering Studies

  • Customer and Personal Service74%
  • English Language68%

    English

Tools you'd use

Software and equipment that show up in this job, worth learning early.

Where to learn these, free

Scholarships & funding

What the work feels like

Day-to-day working conditions, so you can tell whether the job suits how you like to work.

  • Face-to-face discussionsEvery day
  • Contact with other peopleConstant contact
  • Dealing with customers or the publicVery high
  • Handling conflict situationsOften
  • Indoors, air-conditionedEvery day
  • Outdoors, in all weatherAlmost never
  • Noisy environmentOften
  • Time spent sittingMost of the time

Where this job is heading

Newer tasks O*NET has flagged for this occupation, a hint at how the role is changing.

  • Operate, test, and troubleshoot uncrewed aerial systems, commonly known as drones, to ensure optimal performance.

AI and demand for this job

A few real, dated data points, not a single score. AI making some tasks faster usually means a job changes, not that it disappears.

0%

Share of everyday tasks today's AI can already help with (2023)

This estimate is from 2023, already out of date, since AI moves fast. Treat it as a rough, aging starting point, not the current picture.

Growing role in the US

US Bureau of Labor Statistics data, not Malaysian. Shown because it's the only forward-looking demand estimate we have for this job.

What beginner adverts asked for

We read 8 internship and fresh-graduate adverts in related fields (August 2026). A small sample from one job site, not every vacancy.

8 of 8 were internships

Allowance or pay, when stated

RM850 – RM1,200

6 of 8 adverts printed an amount: usually between RM850 and RM1,200 a month. Many print none.

Languages named

Mandarin, Bahasa Malaysia

An empty line means the adverts did not say, not that employers have no requirement. Check each employer's own advert before you plan around it.

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About this information

This describes what the job involves. Pay, demand and entry routes differ in Malaysia, so check the Pathways and Programmes pages for local requirements.

O*NET occupation: Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians

Job responsibilities, knowledge areas and work context from O*NET 30.3, US Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0. onetcenter.org