| Aware |
- Can describe key terms and fundamental principles in systems engineering, including concepts such as system hierarchy, interfaces, and mission lifecycle.
- Can describe the importance of considering the entire mission architecture, including elements such as spacecraft, ground systems, users, and launch vehicles, and interfaces between the elements of the system
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| Practitioner |
- Can design and manage system concepts and space system lifecycle, ensuring alignment with mission goals and operational constraints.
- Can apply the concept of system hierarchy, breaking down missions into missions, satellites, and subsystems, and ensuring alignment across levels.
- Can defines, documents, and manages system boundaries and interfaces, including the use of tools like Interface Control Documents (ICDs) to ensure seamless integration.
- Can identify and resolve straightforward interface or system-level issues.
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| Senior Practitioner |
- Can design and critically review complex system concepts.
- Can manage interfaces in intricate projects, ensuring clear definition, documentation, and resolution of interdependencies between system elements.
- Can troubleshoot and resolve complex system-level challenges, maintaining system integrity and mission alignment.
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| Expert |
- Can provide technical leadership in resolving high-stakes systems integration challenges during mission design, testing, and operations.
- Can lead teams in applying systems thinking to ensure that all mission components integrate effectively.
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