Aerospace Engineer vs Mechanical Engineer: pay, jobs and what each takes

On this board today: 33 open aerospace engineer jobs and 725 mechanical engineer jobs, read from each employer's own job board.

Space companies hire aerospace engineers to design and analyze launch vehicles, spacecraft and landers, and to work out how they fly, heat up and come home. Space companies hire mechanical engineers to design the vehicle's structures, mechanisms and thermal systems, and the equipment that handles it on the ground.

An aerospace or mechanical engineering degree; analysis and design roles often add a master's. A mechanical engineering degree, and CAD and analysis tools on real hardware. Each occupation's page lists its credentials and who grants them: Aerospace engineers, Mechanical engineers.