The talent you need
It can be challenging to find the right person for your organization – someone who has the multidisciplinary technical and business skills to contribute strategic value to your organization and confidently lead teams and projects.
Graduates of the UBC Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in Dependable Software Systems are ready to step into a range of professional roles, from software development and architecture to supporting critical software systems and complex technical frameworks.
Our graduates stand out with their unique combination of skills. Over the course of their 12-month full-time postgraduate degree, they have expanded their knowledge of engineering and dependable software systems through courses from UBC Faculty of Applied Science. They have also deepened their business and leadership skills through classes offered from UBC Sauder’s Robert H. Lee Graduate School.
This powerful interdisciplinary education enables them to lead multidisciplinary teams and complex projects. They are strategic thinkers who thrive in fast-paced environments as they collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop innovative solutions and build resilient communities.
Experienced professionals with specialized skills
A Dependable Systems Software graduate has the multidisciplinary technical expertise needed to address evolving software systems demands. Collaborative team players, visionary leaders and technically adept, they add value to your organization with their ability to:
- Understand how software-intensive systems are engineered, and apply this knowledge to software testing and verification, as well as the design and implementation of dependable and secure computing systems
- Develop and maintain a software development plan, including performing model-based test generation and effective program debugging techniques, and identifying fault-prone software components and security vulnerabilities.
- Apply fault-tolerant techniques such as N-version programming, recovery blocks and robust data structures to the design of reliable software systems
- Evaluate and critique the reliability of common computing system design patterns using probabilistic models, and apply dependability mechanisms such as check pointing, rollback and recovery
Dependable Software Systems graduates add value
From software testing to software security, and from health care to telecommunications, our graduates are immediately ready to contribute to your organization in a diverse range of positions.
| They have achieved great success in private and public sector roles that include: |
| Application development specialist |
| Cloud architect |
| Game engine developer |
| Intermediate systems design specialist |
| Principle software product engineer |
| Project initiation assistant manager |
| Senior software developer |
| Software consultant |
| Technical consultant |
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