Systems Engineering Competency Expectations, Gaps, and Program Analysis

Abstract

AbstractSystems Engineering (SE) education is challenged to address the needs posed by rapidly changing technology epitomized by Industry 4.0 and the digital transformation. In particular, there are relatively slow and inaccurate feedback mechanisms between the needs of employers, students and universities at the level of educational program content development. The objective of this work is to use the SE competency framework developed by the Systems Engineering Education Ecosystem (SEEE) project to review the competency needs of the University of California, San Diego's (UCSD) systems engineering sponsoring organizations, analyze the curricula of the current Architecture‐Based Systems Engineering (AESE) master's program for its evolution, and guide the development of future SE program specializations. This paper presents the results of a methodology to improve the feedback between systems engineering employers and universities in academic program curricula development through survey and academic program analysis.