Systems Engineering: Bringing Disconected Elements Together

Effective systems engineering is essential in many industries such as defense and aerospace, many information and technology-based companies, software development firms, and industries in the field of electronics & communications.

Systems engineering is necessary to provide a systems, or holistic view of the development effort. This in turn helps mold all the technical contributors into a unified team effort, forming a structured development process that proceeds from concept to production to operation and, in some cases, to termination and disposal.

In the digital era, a systems engineer’s work focuses on making previously disconnected engineering elements work together in a system. These elements are made by other engineers and can include computer code, machine parts, or electronics.

Due to a systems engineer role to work with components from different fields of engineering, they need a wide base of knowledge to complete their work effectively.

In the aerospace sector, outstanding systems engineering is particularly critical. At NASA , for example, systems engineering focuses on a safe and balanced design in the face of opposing interests and multiple, sometimes conflicting constraints.

Systems engineers develop the skill for identifying and focusing efforts on assessments to optimize the overall design and not favor one system/subsystem at the expense of another while constantly validating that the goals of the operational system will be met.

The art is in knowing when and where to probe.

The exact role and responsibility of the systems engineer may change from project to project depending on the size and complexity of the project and from phase to phase of the life cycle.

For large projects, there may be one or more systems engineers. For small projects, the project manager may sometimes perform these practices. In either case, the systems engineer oversees the project’s systems engineering activities as performed by the technical team and directs, communicates, monitors, and coordinates tasks.

Want to learn more? Tonex offers nearly 400 systems engineering courses in more than four dozen categories. Topics cover everything from Space Engineering and Defense Technology to Smart Cities, Automotive Engineering and Advanced Systems Engineering Certification.

Our systems engineering training courses are designed to apply systems engineering processes and methods. This approach teaches participants how to align practical system thinking and systems engineering knowledge and skills with process improvement, project management and program management.

Systems engineering training courses include discussions projects, case studies, formal presentation and workshops covering key aspects of systems engineering on a single system and system of systems (SoS) through a development lifecycle.

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