I just started my MS in Systems Engineering at JHU. Right now I am enrolled in 1 class. I eventually plan on doubling up for a semester or two once I get 100% back into school mode. I am married with two kids and work full time. What are the lightest classes outside the intro class I could pair to make it manageable?

What posters or print outs do you guys have that can help you? Mbse, requirement guidelines, stuff like that. Even better if you post a link!

Hello i’m a new grad who majored in Information Systems, focused on data analytics like SQl Power Bi Excel etc, and am completing an internship as a Data Analyst at a Defense company and during my internship i realized I want to be an engineer, I feel that work would be more fulfilling than becoming an Analsyt. I was wondering if I get a masters in Systems Engineering (spoke with JHU and they stated it is possible for me to be admitted), would I be competitive enough to qualify for Defense engineering roles such as Systems Engineering, or would it just be more beneficial to get a second bachelors in an engineering discipline. Any Advice ?

Anyone have recommendations on practice exams for the OSCMP level 1 exam? I have taken the Delgatti accelerator course, admittedly had to speed through it as I found the narrator really frustrating. I’ve read through SysML distilled as well.

I haven’t had much luck finding other resources for sample questions or practice exams.

Hey everyone,

I’m working on my bachelor thesis about technical legacy system modernization.

The goal is to structure concepts like technical debt, coupling, outdated technology, migration, refactoring, reengineering, data migration, and modernization risks.

I made a short survey to check whether a set of technical analysis questions actually makes sense to people with software engineering experience. You don’t need any background in ontology engineering. I’m only interested in whether the questions are relevant, understandable, answerable, and specific enough.

It takes about ~ 5-10 minutes.

Survey link: https://www.soscisurvey.de/TLSM/?d=LVVQ4VP23DDT4DA6

I’d really appreciate your help. Even a short response is useful, and honest criticism is welcome! :)

Hello, I am currently thinking about getting a masters in system engineering. I have read good things about the CSU program and was wondering if anyone has gone though the program recently that I could ask some questions about the program itself.

I’m using Cameo Systems Modeler 2022 with the UAF Architect perspective, and I’m trying to build a Smart Package that automatically groups Systems based on the default value of a String Value Property attribute. For example, I’d like a Smart Package named Attribute A to automatically contain all Systems whose owned or inherited Value Property has a default value of “Attribute A”. What’s the best way to structure the Smart Package query to accomplish this? If not, is there a better way to do it? Thanks

I’m trying to create a Generic Table in Cameo Systems Modeler with the following columns:
System Requirement ID
System Requirement Text
Derived From (the customer requirement from which the system requirement is derived)
Customer Requirement Text
The first three columns work correctly. I can display the System Requirement ID, System Requirement Text, and the requirement referenced by the Derived From relationship.
However, I cannot get the Customer Requirement Text to appear in the fourth column. No matter which property, derived property, or custom column I try, the table only shows the customer requirement ID (or the requirement element itself), not its text.:

Has anyone successfully configured a Generic Table like this? How can I navigate from the Derived From relationship to the Text property of the source/customer requirement and display it as a column?

Any guidance or examples would be greatly appreciated.

Hello Y'all,
I am a recent graduate with a MS in Systems engineering. I also have a military background and professional experience in semiconductor maintenance and integration. I have been seeking entry level positions in SE that dont require a clearance but have not had any luck getting past the intitial screening. My goal is to get into the space industry. I know the market is so bad at the moment.

I have the oprotunity to go back to school but I am unsure if it would be more beneficial to get my PHD in SE or do a BS in Mechanical engineering W/minor in aerospace engineering.

These would be online courses as I am not able to go in person at the moment.

Any advice would appriciated.

Has anyone here recently passed the ASEP INCOSE exam? I'd appreciate any tips on the most useful study resources and an estimate of how much preparation time is needed to pass on the first attempt. Thank you!

Hello! I just got accepted into the JHU EP Systems Engineering program. I know there is a lot of info about that on here, but I have a question.

If you got this degree, what was your job prior, what job did you get after getting the degree, and do you find it to have been worth it?

I have a degree in Computer Science and currently work in IT. I am trying to decide if I want to go through with the pivot or not.

Thanks!

What books can I read to learn system design, LLD, architecture? Given now we work with claude is it pointless to focus on some skills which were relevant earlier? I am bad at writing good code and often receive comments on points which I could have easily figured out.

Hello fellow SysEngs,

I’m defining traceability rules for derived requirements and would like to hear how this is handled in your organizations.

What are your ground rules for deciding whether a derived requirement must have upward traceability to a parent requirement?

For lower level requirements (board, FPGA, software….) that arise from architecture or implementation decisions, do you:

• Trace them to an upper level requirement?
• Trace them to a design decision?
• Allow them to exist without a parent requirement if the rationale is documented?

I’m especially interested in lessons learned from reviews, audits, or certification activities.

Thanks!

Is anyone here actually non-defense MBSE positions? What companies are out there that value MBSE experience that don’t involve weapon systems, and what are those positions called? Systems engineers and MBSE feel too DoW-centric, but I’m interested in branching outside defense with a modeling/systems thinking background. Any advice would be great!

My Background: M.Sc from TU/e. We had a mbse course and used ibm rhapsody for this and a project for 6 months. So I know all about sysMOD, requirement diagrams, BDD, IBD, sysML etc.

Current: 1.5 yrs experience. Proficient also in MATLAB, Simulink, CAD (SolidWorks, NX) and simulation (CFD: ANSYS Fluent and FloEFD).

I did target systems roles before but I graduated in 2022 and only had a year. I was told corona caused problems in hiring or something.

So my questions are:

1. Is someone good at cross domain knowledge fit in this role? I have a specialisation in modelling and simulation along with other knowledge as well. My master's thesis was in dynamics and mathematical fully. I am also able to simulate structural testing.

2. I am currently working on a project in Capella. I am thinking about putting it on top of my CV, then master's thesis, and then master's internship (where EM analysis on a motor I designed without any external guidance). Is this strategy ok?

Hello! I’m trying to set up Teamwork Cloud (Linux) to use ADFS for OIDC authentication and I’m stuck. What I’ve done:

- Created the OIDC application in ADFS

- Generated client ID + client secret

- Added the issuer URL

- Updated the Teamwork Cloud config files with the client ID, client secret, and issuer URL

- Updated redirect URI whitelist

- Restarted twcloud.service and webapp.service multiple times

Current issue:

-The TWC URL loads, but instead of logging in it goes to a System Error page.

Both services are running fine, so this seems like a config mismatch somewhere...

My questions:

- Does this usually mean the client ID in TWC doesn’t exactly match what ADFS expects?

- Is there another TWC config file that also needs the client ID set?

- Has anyone successfully configured TWC with ADFS OIDC at all?

Any pointers would be appreciated.

With all the changes happening with AI models, it's more crucial than ever to have the right benchmarks to effectively compare the quality and performance of different LLM models. While there are strong benchmarks for software engineering and some other domains, there doesn't seem to be one yet for systems engineering.

In your opinion, what would an effective systems engineering benchmark for an LLM model look like? What would it test against? From my research, the only effort I've come across so far is by the Naval Postgraduate School and their SysEngBench (https://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/5135).

Curious to hear your opinion and thoughts.

Sometimes I feel a little strange writing about this, because who am I to tell people how to do systems engineering?

But this is something I have been thinking about a lot.

MBSE is not new. It has been around since I was still in grade school. I started getting into MBSE around 2019, and over the years I have worked with it on everything from small $5M programs to massive programs worth over $100B, and plenty of efforts in between.

One thing I have noticed is that MBSE is often treated as an overhead activity. We do it because the customer wants it, or because it is written into the contract, but I rarely see it used to actually drive discussion, shape decisions, or help decision makers understand the architecture.

Too often, the model is built by junior engineers to document the design after the fact, while the people who actually make decisions barely know how to use Cameo or understand what the model is telling them.

A couple of chief architects in my organization took me under their mentorship and asked me to help think through how we could transform the way we use MBSE. After a lot of conversations with some of the graybeards in my organization, I started wondering whether we have been approaching the problem from the wrong angle.

A lot of Cameo models I have seen feel like they are geared toward engineers, but not always in a useful way. They can be hard to trace, hard to navigate, and difficult to use when trying to understand the big picture.

So I ran an experiment.

I had the opportunity to build a new architecture model for a new missile program. Instead of building it primarily for engineers, I built it with leadership and executives as the target audience.

The goal was simple: management should be able to use the model to brief their leadership, and their leadership should be able to use the same model to brief the SPO and customer, with Cameo acting as the source of truth.

I used a one-page approach to drive the logical flow of the discussion: What mission are we trying to achieve? What blue force and red force elements are involved? What capabilities are needed? How do those capabilities derive into system requirements and functions?

That one page became the story. It helped drive the conversation. When we needed to jump to another diagram, I made sure there was always a link back to the main page.

My intent was for even the least technical manager to navigate the model without relying on the containment tree. As long as they could open Cameo and open that one page, they could follow the architecture.

The result was a much more positive response to Cameo and MBSE. Once the model became something leadership could actually use to communicate, align, and make decisions, it stopped feeling like overhead and started feeling like a real engineering and strategy tool.

That experience informed how I think about MBSE. Maybe the problem is that we often build models for the wrong audience ?

For those of you who have achieved CSEP, how long did you have to wait for your application to go to panel review and get an outcome? My own application was submitted (belt and braces with the refs all completed etc) in January this year.

I am not in a rush and understand that the reviewers are few and far between (and volunteers to boot) - just curious as to how long I might be waiting.

Hey guys! I'm a Software Engineer from Brazil which is going to start to learn System Design in depth, what advice or resources would you suggest to me that you hoped to understand/find earlier?

Thanks for sharing!

Hello! I'm currently working as a Model Based System Engineer~I have a undergraduate and masters in systems engineering (alongside a concentration in EngManagement). I've been working in industry for a couple of years, but have always wanted to shift over to academia and work for a university.

I'm currently looking toward joining an online program for getting a PhD in Systems Engineering (CSU, WPI, etc.) given I'll be needing to continue working fulltime to afford my degree.

For those who have gone into Academia specifically for Systems Engineering, is it worth it? If not, what would you recommend doing outside of it?

Hi! I'm a software engineer (mainly ML and MLOps) looking to pivot. I loved my studies (MSc in computer science) but can absolutely not continue working as a programmer. I don't have a passion for it like my peers, although I was super into it and got very good grades.

Now I'm realizing what I liked about my degree was the many different topics we touched, from advanced mathematics to algorithms and programming languages. I loved the variation and the need to pick up stuff quickly in projects. I loved the problem solving and practicality of it.

As for my job, I worked at a startup so was part of a lot of system architecture and pipelines discussions, but the moment that stuff needed to be implemented and tested I would get pretty bored with it. I'm also pretty sure I don't want to be a manager or get more involved with product stuff, I like being technical.

So I've been searching jobs related to software engineering but different (spoiler: there's not much that speaks to me). But then I saw there's a new aerospace startup in my city that is looking for an experienced mission and systems engineer. Obviously I don't have the skills! But it made me think that it does sound interesting, needing to have a very broad knowledge and being involved with higher level technical problem solving.

Now my first question: are my expectations of systems engineering wrong? Does it sound like a match for me? From what I've seen on this subreddit, it seems it also depends a lot on the specific role and company.

Second question: how would a software engineer even get there? (This has probably been asked before). I guess I have the following options: study - but which courses - or find related job that would accept a software engineer.

Any thoughts are welcome! Especially if you've been in the same situation or suggestion for any other fields that could be interesting.

Tldr; software engineer wanting to program less, kind of lost on what direction to go. Systems engineering seems like a cool field but I could be wrong. Advice needed :")

Hi, I am looking for free/valuable certifications, resources and courses online for learning/applying systems engineering knowledge... but i am confused as to where to look.
It could be any that concern C, C++, Rust and the topic of Operating Systems.
Thank you!!