Microcomputer Systems Engineers have the skills necessary to succeed in a field that has exploded over the last decade, creating a huge employment demand. The design of systems from mobile phones to racing-car engine controllers requires graduates with a knowledge of microcomputers and micro-controllers, the software running on them, and the techniques needed to integrate them with the systems they control.

*

Students will be prepared for employment in the electronics, semiconductor and software industries, by providing them with the skills needed for the operation, maintenance and design of systems involving microcomputers and micro-controllers. These complex digital devices are now commonly used at the heart of many engineering designs – from washing machine control to managing intricate experiments on scientific satellites. Graduate electronic engineers are increasingly involved both the hardware and software aspects of design.

You will gain a sound working knowledge of electrical circuit theory, electronic system design, real time software engineering, computer architecture and communications. This will act as a foundation to advanced courses in both the software and hardware aspects of systems design, with an emphasis on real time operation. Your understanding of embedded processors will be enhanced through design-oriented laboratory sessions using commercial design tools and in final year special projects.