aerospace engineer(n = noun.person) - an engineer of aircraft and space vehicles;
is a kind of applied scientist, engineer, technologist

aeronautical engineer, aerospace, aerospace medicine, army engineer, automotive engineer, civil engineer, efficiency engineer, electrical engineer, engineer, engineer corps. (a) in the unit, flight engineer, highway engineer, locomotive engineer, marine engineer, mechanical engineer, metallurgical engineer, military engineer, mining engineer, naval engineer, railroad engineer, rocket engineer, software engineer