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Mark Bellis, Control Systems Safety Engineer at Aerospace Industry (1995-present)
Answered Dec 16, 2015

Electrical and electronics engineers work on the sensing, control, actuation and power systems for jet engines. An engine has a small generator for its own control system, a multi-computer control unit for control and
protection and another computer unit for health monitoring. There are many different sensors around the engine, some in a high-temperature environment that needs different cables. The engines also have larger generators to
supply power to the aircraft.

There are many aircraft electrical systems for data and power. Some flight surfaces have both electrical and hydraulic actuators in order to have diversity as well as redundancy against failure. Battery technology is an ongoing
issue for aircraft, following the fires of recent years.

Electrical engineering considers a lot more than just the electricity. Quite a few mechanical engineering items come into it, such as materials, mounting, heat management, the physics of electrical connection methods and their
reliability.

As aircraft technology advances, the "more-electric aircraft" will be considered further. This would use generators with the gas turbine engines and have motors on separate fans for generating thrust. There may be multiple
fans distributed around the aircraft, allowing the aircraft shape to change significantly from today's favoured shape.

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Micheal Chang
Answered Nov 21, 2015

A 747-400 has 171 miles (274 km) of wiring; more than enough to keep an electrical/electronics engineer busy.
See: Extreme Engineering: The Boeing 747

Everything that operates on (or generates) electrical power from cockpit avionics, APU, to entertainment systems will need careful design, manufacture and maintenance, so whether you're involved at the front end design
phase, one of the multi-tier suppliers, or maintenance crew, electrical and electronics engineering will be heavily involved.

There is also a healthy support industry such as manufacturers of simulators, ground support machinery for passenger or cargo, and other assortment of hardware.

Airspace control is another facet of the aviation/aerospace industry separate from planes.

The separation of military from civilian aviation and aerospace also vastly expands the role of electrical and electronics engineers.
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J Ranganathan, studied Structural Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

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An airplane is built with the help of

1 Aeronautical engineers who decide the shape of the wings; the placement of the wings with respect to the fuselage. These are done by calculating the lift, drag etc by CFD. Design of ailerons, flaps, elevators, rudder etc.

2 Mechanical / Turbine engineers for the design of engines

3 Communication engineers

4 Electronic engineers for all the electronic displays and controls

5 Power / Electrical engineers for powering all the lights, airconditioning

6 Mechanical engineers for all the mechanisms and actuators.

7 Hydraulic engineers to work the actuators, landing gear deployment etc

8 Strength (common to Civil, Mechanical and Aeronautical engineering fields) engineers to show that the structures are strong enough for the loads

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Greg London, EE
Answered Nov 21, 2015

I worked on communications satellites for a number of years. We designed data switches with error correction and hardware failsafes and redundancy to provide continuous operation for years in space. We also designed the
power supplies and control boards that supported the data switches, again with lots of failsafes and redundant circuits.

I worked indirectly with avionics stuff for a while, including fly by wire computers for aircraft and cockpit displays.
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