Introduction to Systems Engineering

About this course:

Today’s engineering products are more complex than ever before requiring many engineering disciplines from electrical to mechanical, software, manufacturing, cyber and systems engineers. The products require elaborate modeling, design, software, integration, verification, validation, manufacturing and operation. Systems engineers play the key role in analyzing requirements, developing concept of operations (ConOps), performing engineering modeling, and overseeing integration and test. This course provides an overview of systems engineering with a focus on aerospace and defense. It describes what a system is, and the roles and responsibilities of systems engineers. It covers systems engineering processes from design to product realization and technical management. It also covers program life cycle from concept studies to technology development, design, test, operation, sustainment and closeout. The course will address requirements allocation, design tradeoffs, risks, verification and validation activities, as well as product and program management.