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| Code | Themes | Competency |
|---|---|---|
| SCF-2 | Systems engineering; Aero/mechanical design | Understand impact of the space environment on spacecraft design: Understand the conditions of the space environment, including the effects of radiation, space debris, atmospheric drag, vacuum, atomic oxygen, and electrostatic charging, and their implications for spacecraft design |
| SCF-8 | Systems engineering; Aero/mechanical design; Electronics design | Produce technical documents: Produce technical drawings, reports, instructions, and other documentation to specify designs, explain design decisions, document technical budgets, describe procedures, and record the results of testing |
| SCF-11 | Systems engineering; Electronics design | Understand spacecraft operations: Understand spacecraft launch and operations, including the importance of mass, power, and link budgets, the mechanical environment of launch, and the development of failure detection, isolation and recovery whilst on orbit. |
| SCF-43 | Systems engineering | Capture requirements: Gather and define necessary functionality and convert these requirements into design specifications |
| SCF-44 | Systems engineering | Manage risks and opportunities: Identify, assess, and take action on potential problems and enhancements that could affect the performance, cost, or schedule of the design |
| SCF-45 | Systems engineering | Analyse safety and failure modes: Identify and evaluate potential design failure points, likelihood and impact of failures, and solutions to mitigate against failure |
| SCF-46 | Systems engineering | Manage changes: Develop and apply processes for capturing, evaluating, and addressing necessary and requested design changes |
| SCF-47 | Systems engineering | Lead technical processes: Lead technical reviews such as such as assembly, integration readiness, non-conformance reviews, process improvement analysis, and Concept of Operations (ConOps) |
| SCF-62 | Systems engineering | Spacecraft Verification and Validation: Understand what is required for spacecraft verification and validation. |
| SCF-63 | Systems engineering | Systems Thinking: Understands the fundamental concept of systems thinking in the context of space missions. |
| SCF-64 | Systems engineering | Systems Design: Understands the fundamentals of systems design from user requirements to a preferred solution. |
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