Career switch, measured
From Aerospace Engineer to QA Engineer
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 47% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Electrical engineering, Manufacturing, Python, Mechanical engineering; the main skills to add are CI/CD, Quality control, PLC, Agile.
47%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillAerospace EngineerQA Engineer
- Electrical engineering24%26%
- Manufacturing40%30%
- Python55%28%
- Mechanical engineering31%10%
- Process improvement17%27%
- Git11%19%
- Linux12%10%
- Troubleshooting16%41%
Skills to add
Asked for often in QA Engineer postings, rarely in Aerospace Engineer ones.
SkillAerospace EngineerQA Engineer
- CI/CD8%28%
- Quality control–25%
- PLC–23%
- Agile8%20%
- Root cause analysis8%18%
- SQL–16%
- IT support–11%
- AWS–11%
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