📣 Interview: Why MBSE Skills Are Now Critical?
Insights from Cranfield University
Industry is facing a growing skills gap across digital engineering, systems engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). In this interview, Dr Jafar Jamshidi, Senior Lecturer at Cranfield University , shares a practical view on where the real MBSE skills gaps exist, why MBSE is becoming essential for complex, multidisciplinary programmes, and how a single source of truth enables better integration across engineering teams.
The conversation also explores how Cranfield University and Dassault Systèmes are working together to close the gap between academia and industry, and how industry-led MBSE training is being embedded into professional and postgraduate education.
The interview highlights Cranfield University’s Applied MBSE short course, developed with direct industry input and aligned to the INCOSE skills matrix, aimed at practitioners who need real-world, applied MBSE capability.
A useful watch for anyone involved in aerospace, defence, complex systems development or digital engineering transformation.
🔗 Applied MBSE Short Course (Cranfield University):
