Systems Engineering

VCE Systems Engineering involves the design, production, operation, evaluation and iteration of integrated systems, which mediate and control many aspects of human experience. Integral to VCE Systems Engineering is the identification and quantification of systems goals, the generation of system designs, trial and error, justified design trade-offs, selection and implementation of the most appropriate design. Students test and verify that the system is well-built and integrated. They evaluate how well the completed system meets the intended goals and reflect on the systems engineering process to create a satisfactory design outcome.

This study can be applied to a diverse range of engineering fields such as manufacturing, transportation, automation, control technologies, mechanisms and mechatronics, electrotechnology, robotics, pneumatics, hydraulics, and energy management. VCE Systems Engineering considers the interactions of these systems with people, society and ecosystems. The rate and scale of human impact on global ecologies and environments demands that systems design and engineering take a holistic approach by considering the overall sustainability of any system throughout its life cycle. Key engineering goals include using a project management approach to maximise system efficiency and to optimise system performance through innovation processes. Lean, agile and fast prototyping engineering and manufacturing concepts and systems thinking are integral to this study.

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