I have a question about space and electrical engineering????

Question

electrical engineers who works in NASA or space exploration are electrical engineers but I want to know in which area they do their concentration??????IN COMMUNICATIONS????IN CONTROLS????IN ROBOTICS?????IN WHAT????????????I'M asking because I want to be an electrical engineer and I want to work for NASA.And I have to know in what I have do my concentration and electives classes.

Answer 1

All of the above.

As romantic as the idea is, getting to work directly for NASA is a difficult thing to accomplish...it would likely be a case of not what you know, but who you know. (It's not fair but that's how much of the world works.) As mentioned, much of the engineering work for specific missions is outsourced to private companies, and lot of work is also done by universities.

Bottom line, most of what you learn in school is going to be useless anyway. Okay, not really, but hear me out. Sure, I went to school to learn mechanical design, but 99% of what I know now I learned on the job. Take a variety of courses and get good grades in all of them...then when you are looking for a job you will have several options open. Companies aren't going to expect you to be an expert at anything upon graduation (and you won't be)...what they'll want is someone who is intelligent and eager to learn how to do what that company needs them for. In addition, during your college education, take advantage of any opportunities for student jobs in your chosen field...that will be the kind of hands-on education you'll never get in the classroom.

FYI, I work as a mechanical designer in the astronomy department of a major university...and we get to work on some very cool stuff.

Answer 2

There are jobs in all those fields in NASA. I'm not an electrical engineer, but if you asked me to guess, I'd say that 10 years from now, the hottest field will be robotics. Why? Because with deep space probes like the Pluto one and submarine probes on Enceladus and Europa, and possibly even nuclear aircraft probing the atmospheres of the outer planets, the time delay is much too long for remote control from Earth. The probes will need to be pretty much autonomous. Even a robot vehicle on Mars is too far away for control from Earth. It has to crawl along at a ridiculously low speed. But funding for NASA goes up and down like a yoyo. Don't count on them for a meal ticket. Robotics will be one of the growth industries of the 21st century right across the economy.

Answer 3

There are lots of different discplines at NASA and surrounding
companies.

Robotics, communications, data acquisition, etc, are all
available.

Note however, the NASA outsources a lot of the engineering
to other companies (Boeing, etc.) You may want to look
there as well.

Also note that applying to NASA is a pain in the butt - just
like applying for any other federal job. Good luck!

Answer 4

It is going to take years and thousands of dollars to do what you want to do. Do yourself a favor and find out through proper channels. I doubt the "I saw that I needed to concentrate in communications in Yahoo Answers" excuse will do you much good if you get it wrong.

NASA needs all kinds though. I will tell you to find something you really enjoy and are good at and do that.

Answer 5

It is called electrical imagination.