Aerospace Systems Engineering Training

Commitment 3 days, 7-8 hours a day.
Language English
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Delivery Options Instructor-Led Onsite, Online, and Classroom Live

COURSE OVERVIEW

Aerospace systems engineering training covers the fundamentals of systems engineering and their applications in aerospace systems, emphasizing commercial and military systems. We will provide you with a practical knowledge of all components, technical and managerial, included in systems engineering as used in aerospace systems of variable complexity.

Topics Include:

  • Systems engineering practices.
  • Terms and methods
  • System life cycles used by INCOSE, FAA/RTCA, European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), ESA, DoD and NASA
  • Requirements generation
  • Trade studies
  • Architectural practices
  • Functional allocation
  • Verification/validation methods
  • Requirements Determination
  • Risk management
  • Evaluating specialty engineering contributions
  • Importance of integrated product and process teams
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
  • 3 days of Aerospace Systems Engineering Training with an expert instructor
  • Aerospace Systems Engineering Training Electronic Course Guide
  • Certificate of Completion
  • 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completing this Aerospace Systems Engineering Training course, learners will be able to meet these objectives:

  • Understand the fundamentals of systems engineering applied to the aerospace industry
  • List aerospace industry programs and standards
  • Describe avionics and aircraft systems
  • Define aerospace systems engineering processes
  • Describe the aerospace-associated programs life-cycle process
  • Identify aerospace systems components
  • Identify and provide systems requirements and management
  • Design the aerospace system
  • Integrate their aerospace specialty into systems engineering
  • Model aerospace system architecture
  • Apply verification and validation techniques
  • Apply the models and methods to fit aerospace systems
  • Manage technical data
  • Manage and mitigate technical risks
  • Conducting crosscutting techniques
  • Manage and support required logistics
  • Understand data acquisition and control systems
CUSTOMIZE IT
  • We can adapt this Aerospace Systems Engineering Training course to your group’s background and work requirements at little to no added cost.
  • If you are familiar with some aspects of this Aerospace Systems Engineering Training course, we can omit or shorten their discussion.
  • We can adjust the emphasis placed on the various topics or build the Aerospace Systems Engineering Training course around the mix of technologies of interest to you (including technologies other than those included in this outline).
  • If your background is nontechnical, we can exclude the more technical topics, include the topics that may be of special interest to you (e.g., as a manager or policymaker), and present the Aerospace Systems Engineering Training course in a manner understandable to lay audiences.
AUDIENCE/TARGET GROUP

The target audience for this Aerospace Systems Engineering Training course:

  • Systems engineers
  • Aerospace engineers
  • Space program managers
  • Military and commercial avionics project managers
  • Space, military, and commercial product managers
CLASS PREREQUISITES

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending these Aerospace Systems Engineering Training course are:

  • N/A

COURSE SYLLABUS

Overview of Aerospace Systems Engineering
  • Systems engineering
  • Systems engineering components
  • System of systems engineering
  • Systems engineering objectives.
  • INCOSE Systems engineering disciplines.
  • Aerospace systems
  • NASA space systems
  • DoD System of Systems (SoS)
  • DoD MIL-STD applied to aerospace.
  • FAA and DO and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
  • standards.
  • ARP-4754 and system aspects of certification, ARP-4761, DO-178C and DO-254
  • Overview of FAA/EASA Programs and Joint Certification Program Validation
  • Joint Certification Program and Validation
  • Overview of MIL-STD-810G and DO-160G.
  • MIL-STD-810G, MIL-STD-461F, and RTCA DO-160 Testing and qualification programs
  • Environmental simulation and EMC testing
System Lifecycle Process
  • Researching
  • The V diagram
  • The project lifecycle process flow
  • Preliminary analysis
  • Definition
  • Development
  • Operations and maintenance
  • The budget cycle
Aerospace Systems Engineering Management Concerns
  • Coordinating balanced goals, work products, and organizations
  • The aerospace Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP)
  • The aerospace SEMP impact
  • The aerospace SEMP content
  • The aerospace SEMP development
  • The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) vs. Product Breakdown Structure (PWBS)
  • WBS and PBS roles
  • WBS and PBS development tools
  • Common mistakes of WBS and PBS
  • Scheduling and scheduling impact
  • System schedule info and visual styles
  • Setting up a system schedule
  • Reporting methods
  • Resource leveling
  • Budgeting and resource management
  • Risk management
  • Various types of risks
  • Risk determination methods
  • Risk assessment methods
  • Risk reduction methods
  • Configuration Management
  • Baseline development
  • Configuration management strategies
  • Managing information
  • Reviews, audits, and control
  • Objectives
  • Overall rules
  • Main control accesses
  • Temporary review
  • Reporting the state and evaluation
  • Cost and schedule control measurement indices
  • Engineering performance evaluation
  • Aerospace systems engineering process metrics
Systems Assessment and Modeling Concerns in Aerospace
  • The trade study development
  • Regulating the trade study
  • Models and tools
  • Selecting the selection rule
  • Defining and modeling the budget
  • Life Cycle expenses and other expenses evaluation
  • Monitoring life-cycle costs
  • Cost approximation
  • Defining and modeling the effectiveness
  • Measuring the system effectiveness methods
  • NASA system effectiveness evaluation
  • Accessibility and logistics supportability modeling
  • Probabilistic management of cost and effectiveness
  • Origins of uncertainty in models
  • Modeling methods for managing uncertainty
Integrating Aerospace Engineering into the Systems Engineering Process
  • Aerospace engineering role
  • Reliability
  • Role of the reliability
  • Building consistent space-based systems
  • Reliability assessment tools and methods
  • Quality assurance
  • Role of the quality assurance engineer
  • Quality assurance tools and methods
  • Maintainability
  • Responsibility of the maintainability engineer
  • The system maintenance notion and maintenance plan
  • Designing maintainable space-based systems
  • Maintainability evaluation tools and methods
  • The avionics Integrated Logistics Support (ILS)
  • ILS components
  • Planning for ILS
  • ILS tools and methods
  • Continuous attainment and life-cycle support
  • Verification
  • Verification process
  • Verification planning
  • Qualification verification
  • Acceptance verification
  • Deployment verification
  • Functional and disposal verification
  • Production
  • Production engineer responsibilities
  • Tools and methods
  • Publicly accepted
  • Environmental impacts
  • Nuclear safety launch authorization
  • Planetary protection
Functional Assessment Methods
  • Functional methods
  • N2 diagrams
  • Timeline analysis
Functional Analysis
  • Boeing B-777: fly-by-wire flight control systems
  • Electrical flight control systems
  • Navigation and tracking Systems
  • Flight management systems
  • Synthetic vision
  • Communication systems
  • Satellite systems
  • Data buses
  • Sensor systems
Layers in Systems Engineering Project Success
  • Product Success
  • Project Management Success
  • Project Execution on Schedule and Budget
  • Scope
  • Meet Quality Requirements
  • Satisfy Quality Expectations
  • Meet Safety Requirements
  • Meet Non-Functional Requirements
  • Meet Organizational Needs
  • Achieved Desired Outcomes
  • Engineering Ethics
Layers in Engineering Project Failures
  • Dysfunctional and Ineffective Decision Making
  • Misaligned Goals
  • Communications Problems
  • Corporate Culture
  • Lack of Situational Awareness
  • Cognitive Biases
  • Political issues
  • Lack of Trust or Openness
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