Systems Engineering, M.S.

What is Systems Engineering?

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The Systems Engineering M.S.

From the smart thermostat in your home to the power distribution unit on an orbital satellite, complex systems are everywhere.

Even basic industrial products and processes have comprehensive life cycles that require engineering experts to ensure a smooth transition from concept to reality. Systems engineers design and refine systems to tackle technical, cost and scheduling requirements while minimizing potential defects and risks.

The Florida Tech systems engineering master’s program draws on the expertise and experience of renowned faculty who prepare our graduates in key advanced subjects, including systems engineering principles, system modeling and analysis, decision and risk analysis, design of experiments and system requirements analysis.

Systems engineering internships and research opportunities, combined with mentorship from professors who are experienced engineers and leaders, prepare you for the workplace and leadership in your field.

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Why Choose Florida Tech for Systems Engineering?

High-tech employers look to Florida Tech for systems engineering graduates. As one of the best engineering schools, we combine rigorous, advanced coursework with innovative, real-world experience in the systems engineering master's degree program.

Our professors bring years of industry experience to the classroom, providing you with a real-world understanding of systems engineering and the type of projects and processes you will face throughout your career.

Florida Tech offers a low student-to-faculty ratio, resulting in a closer connection between students, peers and professors and more personalized learning experiences and mentorships.

You’ll be working on projects alongside students from diverse engineering disciplines and international backgrounds in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Not only does this culture allow you to learn important business practices and cultural sensitivities, but it sparks deeper discussion, understanding and analysis that prepares you for workplace success.

As a systems engineering M.S. student, you’ll complete a thesis, capstone design project or final program examination.

Students who choose the thesis option conduct individual research under faculty direction in a selected systems engineering topic.

For nonthesis students, the systems engineering capstone design project is an opportunity to demonstrate engineering and research skills in a real-life project setting. A final program examination is offered as an alternative option for nonthesis students, as well.

Our location on the Space Coast, in a high-tech corridor, offers internship and employment opportunities with some of the most respected names in technology, such as NASA, Northrop Grumman Corp., General Electric Co., Boeing Co., Leonardo DRS and L3Harris Technologies Inc.

While completing systems engineering internships, you can discover potential career paths and develop professional relationships that lead to future employment.

At Florida Tech, you are never a passive learner. Our status as a national research university puts you side-by-side with your peers, professors and industry leaders to actively create, observe, analyze and refine complex and interdisciplinary systems.

Research is completed through in-class projects, the capstone design project or master’s thesis and special independent-study topics.

Research projects focus on topics such as:

Hospital emergency room simulation
Micro-UAV systems and applications
Enterprise architectural frameworks
Satellite system design

Careers in Systems Engineering

Employers know Florida Tech systems engineering graduates are creative thinkers who tackle challenges using an interdisciplinary approach.

Many Florida Tech alumni become top engineers, managers or CEOs at large international corporations, and you’ll find them leading the way at innovative startups as well.

A systems engineering degree can be applied to science, business and many other career areas. Systems engineers are in demand in the defense, aerospace, transportation, pharmaceutical, medical device and software industries, as well as many other industries that develop complex engineered products.

Systems engineering jobs include:

Florida Tech’s Career Services assists students, alumni and employers in their search for careers and employee candidates. We help students develop career plans and job-search skills. Explore our Career Toolbox to learn more about our services and access additional resources.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook, published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), provides information about specific jobs, including median annual pay, working conditions and job outlook, among other things. Check the handbook for information on the outlook for engineering careers.

Advanced Degree Options

Many of our systems engineering graduates pursue doctoral programs and other post-graduate opportunities at Florida Tech or other universities.

Florida Tech programs include:

Explore the Systems Engineering, M.S., Curriculum

The Systems Engineering, M.S., Curriculum

The systems engineering master’s will enhance your decision-making and problem-solving skills with a curriculum that incorporates up-to-date tools and techniques that you can put into practice immediately on the job.

The interdisciplinary, flexible curriculum offers opportunities to tackle engineering projects beyond the theoretical.

Team assignments allow you to explore practical industry projects and problems, providing the type of systems engineering training that translates into practical career application.

Courses include:

Systems Engineering Principles
Decisions and Risk Analysis
Research Methods in Systems Engineering

Check the catalog for a description of all courses.

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Spacecraft Systems Engineering

The master's in systems engineering spacecraft systems emphasis offers a unique opportunity to delve into advanced collaborative systems design to meet most aerospace industry needs.

An interdisciplinary program that includes electrical and systems engineering, the spacecraft systems emphasis equips students with a broad and versatile skill set that is highly valued in aerospace.

In addition to the foundations of systems engineering, you'll gain specialized knowledge in CubeSat design, an area of increasing importance and innovation within the aerospace sector due to cost-effectiveness, rapid development cycles and diverse applications.

Among elective courses, you can choose to explore advanced topics, such as digital signal processing, satellite communications and more.

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Leading-Edge Research and Facilities

Systems engineering students appreciate Florida Tech's vibrant research environment—and the top-notch facilities and tools that make it possible.

The F.W. Olin Engineering Complex houses the geomaterials, robotics and magnetic levitation laboratories and 26 specialized research and teaching labs.

Nearby, the L3Harris Center for Science and Engineering is home to the L3Harris Institute for Assured Information (L3HIAI), a worldwide leader in cybersecurity and information assurance research and innovation.

Many of our centers, institutes and labs conduct research to advance complex system integration and management. At Florida Tech, you'll find research in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, robotics and automation, internet of things (IoT), electric and autonomous vehicles, model-based systems engineering (MBSE), renewable energy, space systems, telecommunications technologies and other areas of special interest to systems engineers.

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