CAREER MISSION

To train competent professionals in information and communication technologies for efficient management of organizations, capable of promoting innovation, scientific and technological research, and responding to socio-environmental challenges.

CAREER VISION

To position the graduated professional through academic excellence based on a comprehensive education, in strategic positions in the job market, protagonist in achieving objectives and sustainable development, as an independent professional or as part of an organization.

CAREER OBJECTIVES

To train professional Systems Engineers capable and committed to the country, prepared for competition in a globalized world, with initiative and ingenuity, capable of adapting, innovating, generating and transferring knowledge, as well as designing, implementing, and evaluating appropriate solutions for business and institutional problems, with a comprehensive education in physical, mathematical, and technological sciences, and with the ability to produce scientific work.

DEFINITION OF THE PROFESSIONAL – PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

The graduate in Systems Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of the East (FPUNE) is a university professional capable of acting autonomously, in a proactive and innovative manner in his/her professional activity, considering physical, economic, environmental, human, ethical, and legal constraints. The graduate is dedicated to creating and building computerized solutions that benefit society, possessing a background in computer science, mathematics, physical sciences, technical and management skills. The graduate is capable of leading, analyzing, designing, developing, and optimizing information and communication technology projects, responsible for representing, storing, transforming, interpreting, communicating, and handling information in a safe, quality, and precise manner, as well as applying methods, techniques, and instruments of scientific research.

PROFESSIONAL DEFINITION - GRADUATE PROFILE

The education of a Systems Engineer includes knowledge of technological foundations, computer science, mathematics, physical sciences, and management.

The graduate must be a professional capable of planning, designing, implementing, and administering solutions based on computer systems, within a framework that allows finding viable solutions for organizations within their needs, providing them with a competitive advantage.

Systems Engineering aims to train professionals capable of planning, advising, and directing technological development projects related to the implementation of computer systems in socioeconomic production and service processes.

During the course of the career, the student develops the following competencies:

• Research and innovate for sustainable development, working in multidisciplinary teams and exercising positive leadership.
• Ability to abstract, logical reasoning and sense of organization.
• Plan, organize, direct and control quality Information Systems projects for the sustainable development of organizations, ensuring the proper use and optimization of resources.
• Propose and apply innovative solutions that integrate information and communication technologies with business processes to effectively meet the information needs of organizations.

CAREER FIELD

The professional field for graduates of the Systems Engineering career is multiple and varied, since they can provide their services in various areas of application in organizations of goods and services, whether in the private or public sector.

Graduates of this career can use their knowledge, skills and abilities to diagnose, design, build, evaluate and maintain information systems and processes, with the support of information technologies, helping organizations to achieve the greatest benefit within an administrative, business and humanistic framework. The main sectors of employment are:

COMPETENCIES

Generic Competencies:

• Efficient and effective application of information and communication technologies.
• Communication skills in at least one official language of the country.
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.
• Act with solid values, ethical sense, and vocation of service, with abstract and reflective thinking, committed to continuous personal and professional development.
• Ability to quantify time, costs, and resources for a project.
• Ability to apply management, sustainability, and quality criteria in IT projects.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate the social and environmental impact of technical solutions.
• Entrepreneurial skills for developing new businesses related to Information Technology, taking into account current regulations to contribute to the countrys socioeconomic development.
• Act in accordance with the principles of prevention, hygiene, and safety in the workplace.
• Ability to act autonomously.
• Ability to process and represent information, carry out modeling and problem-solving.
• Abstraction, logical reasoning, synthesis, and organizational skills.
• Ability to analyze requirements and design constraints of information systems.
• Creative formulation of alternative solutions to presented problems.
• Ability to develop proposals to solve problems.
• Ability to adapt to new and changing situations.

Specific Competencies:

• Apply mathematical knowledge to solve problems that arise in their daily work.
• Apply knowledge of physical sciences.
• Analyze, abstract, formulate and solve computer problems related to their areas of knowledge.
• Ability to identify and take advantage of opportunities offered by information and communication technologies for the benefit of people, groups and organizations.
• Conceive, project, design and program computer systems, components or processes, and make decisions that satisfy requirements with technical, economic, financial, legal, ethical, social and environmental constraints.
• Ability to dimension and evaluate alternatives for computer and telematic solutions.
• Ability to use appropriate theories and tools for problem solving using computing.
• Design, program, execute, analyze and interpret results of tests carried out in their area of knowledge.
• Know and apply the regulatory and legal framework inherent in their areas of knowledge.
• Ability to identify solutions based on current and emerging paradigms of computing (Grid Computing, Cloud Computing and others).
• Read and understand technical texts in English.
• Ability to autonomously learn new knowledge and techniques suitable for the conception, development and application of computer and/or telematic systems.
• Ability to identify risks in computer systems and data networks, and propose solutions in this regard.

Justification for the emphasis on Embedded Systems

The progressive complexity of electronic systems applications requires the development of specific-purpose systems, giving rise to the field of embedded systems. The growing demand for professionals specialized in the use of these systems and the lack of educational institutions with this emphasis in the region, combined with the increasingly widespread use of embedded systems in mass consumer products, from communication devices to general automotive and medical applications, in products where intelligent devices are required, justify the implementation of this emphasis.

The Systems Engineer with an emphasis on Embedded Systems will be prepared to plan, design, manufacture, evaluate, maintain, systems and equipment in the field of embedded systems.

Objectives of the emphasis on Embedded Systems

• To train competent professionals to apply and communicate knowledge, techniques and methodologies that contribute to competitiveness based on high-value technological innovation that enables sustainable social welfare.
• To train expert professionals in the analysis, design, and implementation of embedded systems, capable of their efficient application and testing.

It is proposed to acquire training in different areas that include:

• Specific knowledge of embedded systems.
• Technologies specific to embedded systems.
• Applications specific to embedded systems.

Profile of the graduate with emphasis on Embedded Systems

The Systems Engineer with emphasis on Embedded Systems is a professional capable of understanding the requirements of the client and developing platforms that meet those requirements. They possess knowledge and skills in specific areas such as digital systems, telecommunications, automation and control, microprocessors, since their knowledge must be such that they can adapt to the constant evolution of technology. They must also be able to manage multidisciplinary work groups dedicated to the installation and maintenance of embedded systems. To do this, they must have the ability for critical analysis and to discover the essence of the phenomena surrounding them, with creativity to innovate in the search for solutions to technological challenges related to their field of study.

Competencies of the emphasis on Embedded Systems

• Ability to understand the fundamentals and technologies of the discipline for its current applications and to be able to follow its development and future evolution.
• Ability to plan, design, manufacture, evaluate, and maintain systems and equipment in the scope of embedded systems.
• Knowledge of signal processing and the most suitable associated hardware.
• Knowledge and application of sensor properties for the design of electronic systems that integrate measurement and actuation in various contexts.
• Knowledge and ability to use methods and tools for the development and debugging of programs implemented on microprocessors, microcontrollers, and DSP.
• Design of electronic circuits for information processing in communications and control systems.

Occupational field for the emphasis in Embedded Systems

• National and international high-tech companies related to the electronic, automotive, agricultural automation systems, and other sectors.
• Universities, research centers, and technological development centers.
• High-tech companies in the electronics and computing field, which develop embedded systems, requiring highly trained personnel for their design, development, implementation, and support.
• The graduate will be able to start their own electronic development-oriented company.

Profile of the graduate with emphasis on Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

The Systems Engineer with emphasis on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a professional who understands the management of a modern company, with the ability to take on the challenges and opportunities offered by ICT in the world, versed in cutting-edge techniques and methodologies that favor the growth of the organization, acting at all times with total adherence to professional ethics, capable of innovating and facing problems, obtaining knowledge to support strategic decision-making, analyzing digital images for data extraction, possessing extensive knowledge in software engineering techniques that will benefit them in optimizing the main tool within the computer system of any modern company.

Engineers with emphasis on ICT will be able to focus on business processes at all levels - strategic, tactical, and operational - leading the identification and analysis of information needs and business opportunities, proposing creative and flexible solutions based on ICT that generate sustainable competitive advantages, and their effective implementation.

Objectives of the emphasis on TIC

• To train professionals capable of integrating information and communication technologies with the operational processes of organizations in a changing environment.
• To identify new opportunities derived from TIC to improve the competitiveness of organizations.
• To extend and integrate acquired competencies so that the professional is able to design more intuitive applications.

Competencies of the emphasis in TIC

• Ability to identify the characteristics of different types of organizations and the role that ICT plays in them.
• Knowledge of current and emerging technologies and the ability to apply them appropriately to design and develop information systems and technology-based solutions.
• Ability to propose and evaluate different technological alternatives to solve a specific problem.
• Ability to develop specific digital image applications, providing a wide variety of algorithmic and computational tools for storage, representation, enhancement, segmentation, processing, and recognition of images.
• Design and manage a data processing center (DPC), its relationship, and its importance in terms of application performance, center reliability, and infrastructure costs.

Job prospects for TIC professionals

The Systems Engineer with an emphasis in TIC is focused on working in an organization (company) performing the following activities:

• Human-Machine Interface (HMI) designer.
• Expert in web and mobile applications development.
• Consultant for information technology companies.
• Expert in applications that work with digital images.
• Computer Network and Data Center Administrator.
• Business Intelligence Expert.
• Expert in knowledge management and e-government.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

Meet the requirements established by the faculty regulations.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

For graduation from the program, the student must pass all the courses of the Study Plan and have completed the minimum workload for the emphasis on Embedded Systems of 4,354 hours or for the emphasis on Information and Communication Technologies of 4,354 hours, during a minimum period of five years distributed over ten semesters. In addition to:
- Complete a supervised professional internship with a minimum of 240 hours, complying with the regulations established for this activity.
- Complete a total of 50 clock hours in university extension activities, complying with the regulations established for this activity.
Once the above is completed, the student must present and defend a final project that must be approved by an examining board.