The Systems Engineering Certificate Program provides you with the key skills and knowledge essential for successful systems engineering. Our systems thinking and engineering focus is on fundamental applications of proven methods that will help you take your customer’s requirements and operational needs and turn them into effective solutions that meet goals for cost, schedule, and performance.
The Systems Engineering Certificate Program provides you with the key skills and knowledge essential for successful systems engineering. Our systems thinking and engineering focus is on fundamental applications of proven methods that will help you take your customer’s requirements and operational needs and turn them into effective solutions that meet goals for cost, schedule, and performance.
Program Experience
The 40- to 56-hour curriculum focuses on practical methods and tools for eliciting user needs and requirements, defining robust system architectures and designs, and effectively verifying and validating that your product works as intended. The course covers current industry best practices to ensure robust, cost-effective designs that meet stringent functional, performance, and cost requirements.
Our expert instructors and engineering fellows are skilled practitioners in aerospace, defense, energy, and medical devices, and bring a precision-fit, personalized approach to this Certificate Program. Students appreciate our action-learning approach of lectures, hands-on exercises, demonstrations, and real-world examples, providing a comprehensive overview of today's systems engineering industry.
You’ll experience a deeper understanding of the principles and processes required to design robust systems that allow you to thrive in the face of new challenges.
Benefits
Your team will learn to:
Analyze customer needs and develop clearly-stated requirements
Apply systems thinking to optimize product design and development
Develop innovative approaches for systems design and integration
Define cost-effective verification and validation programs
Effectively manage cost, schedule, and risk in engineering tasks
Topics
Introduction to Systems Engineering
Defining System Requirements
Functional Analysis
System Specifications
System Architecture
Decision Analysis
Design and Integration
Verification and Validation
Engineering Specialties
System Engineering Management
Technical Reviews and Audits
Risk Management
Quality Management
Creating a High-Performance Team
Minimizing and Resolving Team Conflicts
Who Should Attend
Component/subsystems engineers, software/hardware engineers, systems engineers, project managers, business analysts, and technical support personnel who want a comprehensive understanding of the breadth of systems engineering activities and their interconnections across the lifecycle.
