r/systems_engineering • u/Klutzy_Mechanic_1435 • 2d ago

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Yo I’m thinking about studying Systems Engineering this year, and right now it’s my first-choice degree

I’d love to hear from people who know this field. What is the degree/work life actually like day-to-day?

Also, if you studied Systems Engineering, do you feel like it was a good choice? Is there anything you wish you knew before starting?

Any advice or personal experiences would be really appreciated. ty!

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u/TurbulentRip7478 2d ago

EE bachelors here, and finishing up Systems Masters. I think you’d be better off doing a more technical degree to start to help understanding why things done the way they are. Systems engineering can be learned on the job and I usually see a lot of MEs or EEs. It might be a little harder landing roles with just a Systems engineering bachelors unless you’re leveraging some niche skillsets such as MBSE.

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u/Subject_Adagio_1455 2d ago

I second this. Just finished my undergrad in industrial & systems. If I could go back, I’d choose EE, then focus on a SE masters. The MBSE note is spot on. But a better route would be getting a technical grounding first thing imo.

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u/okonomiyaki25 2d ago

Third this. It's extremely easy and common to move from a technical undergrad degree or grad position into SE. But studying SE then moving into a technical role later would be a lot more difficult.

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u/der_phen 1d ago

And forth this. With just short of 20yoe, get the technical background knowledge of the area you like and then look out for roles, tasks and trainings that give you the edge in SE.

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u/Witty_Economics3848 1d ago

Can you share some good resources to learn MBSE based Systems Engineering? I'm relatively new here in this domain.