AERO v1.2 · the fixed public rubric
Every point, published
Four pillars, 250 points each, 0–1000 in total — your score is these tables added up, nothing more. The rubric is versioned and fixed: a changed weight is a new version, never a quiet edit, so the same answers give the same score on any day. Discipline is asked but deliberately never scored — no discipline outranks another.
AAbility · up to 250
Career stage — the depth of time you have spent in the work.
| Student / final year | 60 |
| Fresh graduate | 95 |
| 1–3 years in | 135 |
| 4–7 years | 185 |
| 8–15 years | 225 |
| More than 15 years | 250 |
EEvidence · up to 250
Authored, reviewable proof — what an employer could open and check tomorrow.
What you could show tomorrow
| Nothing I could hand over | 0 |
| One or two documents | 60 |
| A folder — 3 to 10 pieces | 120 |
| A substantial portfolio (10+) | 165 |
| A portfolio others have reviewed or published | 190 |
Plus the strongest review your work has had
| Never — it ships as I wrote it | 0 |
| Informal checks inside my team | 20 |
| Formal peer review, with records | 40 |
| Independent verification (CVE / DER-style) | 60 |
RRegulatory · up to 250
Standards you have actually worked with, not just heard of.
Each standard you have actually worked with adds the next weight in this sequence — the first counts most:
55 · 45 · 35 · 30 · 25 · 20 · 15 · 10
Working inside the design-certification core (Part 21 or CS-23 / CS-25 design codes) adds +15 once. Recognised standards:
- AS9100 / aerospace quality systems
- Part 21 — DOA / POA (EASA or CAAM CAD 8102)
- CS-23 / CS-25 design codes
- DO-178C / DO-254
- ARP4754A / ARP4761 safety process
- SORA / UAS operational rules
- CAAM / DGCA operational directives
- Part 145 — AMO maintenance & release procedures
- Part 66 — LAE licence modules
- FAA FARs — 14 CFR (Part 21 / 23 / 25 / 145)
- ICAO Annexes & SARPs (Annex 1 / 6 / 8 / 19)
- DO-160 / ED-14 — environmental qualification & test
- Military airworthiness — MIL-STD-882 · MIL-HDBK-516 · STANAG 4671
- ASTM F38 / F44 — UAS & light-aircraft standards
- Regional SEA regs — CAAS SAR · Thai TCAR · Indonesian CASR
- Space & satellite regulation — MYSA Act 834, licensing
OOutlook · up to 250
Where you sit in the industry, and whether you are pointed anywhere.
Where you work
| Design & certification | 120 |
| UAV / drones / advanced air mobility | 110 |
| Space systems & satellites | 110 |
| Defence | 95 |
| Manufacturing & production | 90 |
| MRO & maintenance | 80 |
| Research / academia | 75 |
| Airline / flight operations | 70 |
| Engineering outside aerospace (auto, O&G, rail…) | 55 |
| Not working in engineering yet | 40 |
International delivery
| I already have — to international standards or customers | 80 |
| Ready — confident writing technical English to a standard | 55 |
| Comfortable locally, untested internationally | 35 |
| Still building toward it | 15 |
Naming the role you want next adds +50.
The bands
| Vanguard | 850 – 1000 |
| Advanced | 700 – 849 |
| Established | 550 – 699 |
| Emerging | 400 – 549 |
| Foundation | 0 – 399 |