Bachelor of Engineering (Software Engineering) (Honours)

Explore engineering methods and practices for designing, developing, and maintaining software and embedded systems, while also covering technology management.

Combining computer science, engineering and mathematics, in this course you will learn to create software applications, embedded systems, hardware devices and drive data analytics. With technology constantly changing, software engineers are in high demand in the trending areas of artificial intelligence, digital platforms, robotics, virtual reality and big data.

Bridging both the digital systems and software domains, you'll gain a comprehensive understanding of computing hardware, working with physical platforms in laboratories before expanding your skills to focus on software development and enterprise solutions. Get involved in low-level system development through to user interface design, and take the opportunity to work in high-level application development for enterprise systems. Projects and work-integrated learning will give you opportunities to solve real-world problems and can often lead to job offers after graduation.

You'll also learn important interpersonal skills that are in demand across industry, effectively communicating across stakeholders, departments and teams. In this way, you not only learn the necessary technical proficiencies, but also gain the capability to lead within an organisation.

With RMIT's Bachelor of Engineering (Software Engineering) (Honours), you can be competitive for many mid-level positions in software development as well as for jobs in related fields like cloud computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data analytics, and cybersecurity. You can apply for positions in the internet, communications, healthcare, IT services and gaming industries.

Professionals who are new to the field often start out as programmers and work their way up to positions of greater responsibility, including as a software architect or project manager. Even at the entry level, employers may specify that applicants should be knowledgeable about all stages of project work. Employers may be educational companies, publishers, credit unions, or even search engine giants. Companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft hire strong candidates at the bachelor's level for a range of positions.

You can also work on embedded software projects. This type of software is used in virtually every industry, from medicine to aeronautics, and is a core component in most electronic devices we interact with daily. In addition, the skills and knowledge in embedded systems and digital hardware are essential for employment as a software engineer in many industries beyond IT sector. These industries include aerospace, automotive, biomedical, civil, electronics, computing, manufacturing, resource, defence, and primary industries.

Entry-level careers include:

• front-end or back-end software engineer 
• full-stack software engineer
• mobile software engineer
• embedded software engineer
• application developer
• game developer
• software developer and tester
• data analyst
• data engineer or artificial intelligence engineer
• machine learning engineer.

Long-term careers include:

• project manager
• software engineering manager
• software architect
• software engineering director
• chief technology officer
• chief data officer
• chief executive officer.

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