LJNRadio: I Want To Be A - Aerospace Engineer (Pt. 1)

Before airplanes and spacecrafts take off, they are carefully designed, manufactured and tested to ensure optimal performance and safety. Aerospace engineers take on a variety of roles during this process from start to finish. Kim Hicks, a systems engineer with The Boeing Company, explains her role, describes what her day is like, and gives us the inside scoop on how to get into this important and valuable industry. Children and even some adults fantasize about finding their dream job. Sometimes they don’t know what it is or how to get there. This show will walk our starry-eye job seekers through the reality of how to fulfill their life’s goal of becoming exactly what they want to do.