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The IT/Software world tends use "Engineer" somewhat differently to the outside usage. So there is some dissonance when terms from Software and Non-Software worl
by bigger_cheese 3y ago
The IT/Software world tends use "Engineer" somewhat differently to the outside usage. So there is some dissonance when terms from Software and Non-Software world overlap.
In an industrial plant Systems Engineer is a specialized discipline in the vein of Mechanical/Chemical/Electrical etc. Engineer.
My best attempt to explain it would be a System Engineer has a multi-disciplinary holistic view of the entire "system".
In my world the focus is process specific i.e each systems engineer would oversee one particular engineering "process".
For example with a fluidized bed reactor, Mechanical engineer would be familiar with mechanical systems (valves, hydraulics etc). Electrical engineer would know about PLCs, Interlocks, limit switches, Chemical Engineer would know about things like Chromatographs, Gas Flow meters etc.
The Systems engineer knows the big picture how pieces are integrated into the whole working system.
- firesteelrain 3y agoSystems Engineer is being thrown about haphazardly People are overloading the term Systems Engineering. My bachelors is in Computer Science. Systems Engineering has its roots in Industrial Engineering. Which is why you will see courses in Systems Modeling and Analysis (eg Discrete Event Simulation), Decisions and Risk Analysis (eg Game Theory, Linear Programming), Requirements Analysis and Principles, and Researcb Methods (Factorial ANOVA, p value, t value, Residual Analysis, Regression Analysis, Treatments, etc.)
- rramadass 3y agoCorrect and to the point.