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Amit M
M.S in Autonomous Systems, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (Graduated 2007) · Author has 475
answers and 68.9K answer views · Updated 6mo

No, systems engineering is mostly about gathering requirements and concepts before any
design starts in engineering. It is a branch of engineering which defines what the problem is
and what is required in a solution. You just write requirements which define answers to the
questions about your system such as:

How the system should function?

What is the system used for?

What are the inputs and outputs of the system from a external view?

These are some of the things you specify in systems engineering. There could be lot of of
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other things you can specify. These are called requirements. Requirements f
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Bret Boggs
Engineer and Tinkerer · 6y

I have used Matlab, C, and, SysML to model systems.

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Erick Hagstrom
Professional programmer since 1979 (with brief excursions into related fields) · 6y

I used some R code in my masters program, and there was some VBA code written by a TA
that got passed around a bit. I currently write Java code on a regular basis. But...

The problem with the question, though, is that it assumes that Systems Engineering is a well
defined discipline with a bounded body of knowledge. We had a symposium class in which
various practicing Systems Engineers, many of them professors, came in and discussed what

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they did when they weren't teaching. Almost all of them started their talk with "What is
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Systems Engineering?". And they all had very different answers.

So I guess the best answer to your question might me: "Maybe. Do you want that?", because
you can certainly find uses for code in many Systems Engineering projects, but you can
probably also avoid it if that's what you want.
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Renee Teate
6y
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Related What is Systems Engineering about? or a System Engineer? Why?
Originally Answered: What is Systems Engineering about ?
What is a Systems Engineer?
Systems engineering can mean several different things. I have a Masters of Engineering in
Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia, and I've found that Systems Engineering What is Systems Engineering about?
programs at different schools can be very different.
Which career path is better for long term,
This is from the Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program (Virginia) degree program a systems engineer or a software…
description:
If I started working as a system engineer,
"Systems Engineering is concerned primarily with improving the processes of problem-solving what are my career improvement…
and decision-making within the functions of forecasting, planning, design, development,
testing, evaluation, control, operation, and management. Emphasis in the curriculum is placed Is there any relation between AHP and
on preparing individuals for careers concerned with the solution of significant large-scale systems engineering?
interdisciplinary problems."

I think that part is pretty standard across sys eng programs. However, UVA's program is very
mathematically-oriented (actually similar to Operations Research). Here is the next paragraph:

"The student is expected to gain an understanding of the theoretical and methodological

foundations for problem-solving and decision-making systems. This is accomplished through
a judicious selection of coursework that draws from disciplines such as mathematical systems
theory, decision theory, control theory, economics, operations research, management science,
computer science, artificial intelligence, cognitive science and human factors. In addition, each
student’s program is tailored to the particular needs and interests of the student through the
selection of elective courses and the completion of a supervised project."

More: Systems engineering

Most people I know that work professionally as "Systems Engineers" don't do a lot of
mathematics in their daily jobs.

Here is the description from INCOSE professional society:

Systems Engineering

"Systems Engineering is an engineering discipline whose responsibility is creating and

executing an interdisciplinary process to ensure that the customer and stakeholder's needs are
satisfied in a high quality, trustworthy, cost efficient and schedule compliant manner
throughout a system's entire life cycle."

Hope this is helpful!

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Jan Chirkowski
Chartered Marine Engineer (2007–present) · 6y

Related What does a 'Systems Engineer' mainly do?

Originally Answered: What exactly does a systems engineer do?
I am a system engineer working for a large marine engineering company. Before I describe
what I do from day to day it’s worth mentioning that the nature of the marine industry (or at
least the part I work in) demands that each ‘system’ delivered to a marine vessel is almost
entirely bespoke to that particular vessel. The system engineering I do is therefore significantly
different from, say, the work done by the system engineer on a Boeing 787, who essentially
designs his/her system for mass production.
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Jerry Hicks
Former System Engineer & Mgr, I.C.B.M. System Testing at Rockwell Autonetics (1983–1992) ·
Upvoted by Devontae Casey, M.Eng Systems Engineering Systems Engineering, Cornell University
(2024)Author has 13.6K answers and 12.4M answer views · Updated 1y

Related Which career path is better for long term, a systems engineer or a
software engineer?
Systems Engineering is a very difficult and challenging job. Not only that, you are responsible
for supervising yourself. And worse, you will work across nearly all company boundaries
(matrix management) which means when you have a yearly review, your personal supervisor
will have little idea what you’ve done all year. (So we record what we do daily in our Franklin
Planner.)

Systems engineering requires a detailed knowledge about how engineering knowledge is

created and how and where it is stored, because
Continue as a system engineer, you will need critical
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(and classified) documentation. System engine
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Meidad Pariente
Space Engineer, Entrepreneur, Visionary · Author has 261 answers and 65.4K answer views · 7y

Related Is systems engineering a field that is growing in size?

The simple answer is YES YES YES !!!

The more disciplines are involved, the more sophisticated systems become, the more a project
will require a systems engineer.

Imagine you have a music band. Starting of with a base and drums section. this is quite easy
to coordinate and control. Now add a string section, woodwind instruments, brass, percussion,
keyboards......not so easy any more.

A system engineer is the conductor of an ever growing orchestra.

Much like a conductor, the system engineer needs to know the piece (project) by heart, know
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all the notes (requirements) and what each section needs
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Rochus Keller
Systems Engineering and Management Consultant (1995–present) · Upvoted by Chris Chase, M.E.
Systems Engineering, Portland State University (2019)Author has 165 answers and 433.5K answer
views · Updated 3y

Related Which one is a good book to learn Systems Engineering?

The NASA Systems Engineering Handbook Rev 1 (not Rev 2) is the best resource from my
point of view to get a good overview and some details. It has a good structure and is well
written and designed, and it’s free (thank you NASA). Here is the link to the printing-ready
copy (including page numbers):
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_systems_engineering_handbook.pdf

The INCOSE SE Handbook is nice, but they made more and more compromises to computer
scientists who still mix up functional analysis
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Jos Vrancken
Computer Science Teacher at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (2017–present) · 5y

Related What is the Systems Engineering Approach?

The primary object of study of Systems Engineering (SE) are large systems, either existing or
under design, either from nature or man-made, or combinations. The primary concern or
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on the concept of a system, which is both a rather detailed notion, giving you many options to
model things, and still very broadly applicable. Virtually any thing that can be distinguished
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from its environment, can be seen as, or mode
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Dirk van der Merw

M.Sc Eng from Stellenbosch University (Graduated 2000) · Updated 5y

Related What should a systems engineering know?

Originally Answered: what should a systems engineering know?
A systems engineer is by far the most important member of a project team. He should at least
have:

1. A good understanding of project management and respect for requirements of the

project manager (cost and schedule). He has a better chance of understanding
project management than the project manager understanding systems engineering.

2. He have to have at least a working knowledge of all the engineering disciplines

involved in the project and a detailed knowledge of the critical technology involved.

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Udayan Banerji
Works at Quora (company) · Upvoted by Victoria Perez Mola, Master Systems Engineering, CAECE
University (2015)Author has 82 answers and 1.7M answer views · 4y

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engineering?
Originally Answered: What is the difference between software engineer and system engineer?
Consider the usage of the Facebook app on your phone. As you are using the app, you are
utilizing:

1. Programs that control your touch panel. As you touch the screen, the device converts
the voltage change to a location on the screen. A program then identifies that this
location corresponds to the Facebook app on the screen and sends the touch to the
app.

2. Programs that display stuff on the screen. Facebook app tells a program what it
wants to show (e.g. a Like button). The program then combines this with other things
which need to be shown on the screen, which
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David Geiger
Systems And Cloud Engineer and blogger at CareerLevelUp.com · Author has 798 answers and 1.2M
answer views · 5y

Related What is the career path for a systems engineer? What is the least
technology that I can add?
The quickest path to a Systems Engineering job is by accident. It's when you are doing
something unrelated and you are tapped to do Systems Engineering work. Talk about being
desperate.

The second quickest path is to learn a heck of a lot about Systems Engineering, then work in
jobs that aren't Systems Engineering (but close) like Desktop Support, Systems Administration,
and Network Administration.

Frankly, I wouldn't want to hire or work with a person who learned the least technology
possible to be a Systems Engineer.
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You don't get to be a Systems Engineer by doing the least amount of work or th
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