NASA primarily seeks candidates with a military background, jet aircraft flight experience, and engineering training. Have three years of related professional experience following the degree. An advanced degree is recommended but could be substituted with additional years of work. Be able to pass a NASA Class I Space physical or an equivalent exam. Electronic equipment includes power generating and transmission equipment used by electric utilities, electric motors, machinery controls, and lighting and wiring in buildings, automobiles, and aircraft.
Electronic equipment includes radar, computer hardware, and communications and video equipment.
They design and develop power-producing machines such as internal combustion engines, steam and gas turbines, and jet and rocket engines. Some also design toys. They design and perform experiments with lasers, cyclotrons, telescopes, mass spectrometers, and other equipment. They attempt to discover laws that describe the forces of nature, such as gravity, electromagnetism, and nuclear interactions. They also find ways to apply physical laws and theories to problems in nuclear energy, electronics, optics, materials, communications, aerospace technology, navigation equipment, and medical instrumentation.