Software Systems and Aerospace Engineering combines a full single major in Software Engineering with additional specialist study and specialist project work in the aerospace and aviation industry. Software engineering is the systematic approach to the development, operation, maintenance and retirement of software; the controlling element of computer-based systems. Software Engineering deals with the challenges associated with large-scale, high quality software. Software engineers use principles of computer science, engineering, design, management, psychology, sociology and other disciplines to design and manage large systems. In the aerospace industry, systems such as aircraft are a mixture of electronics, software and mechanical devices that need to operate at exceptional levels of safety and reliability. This plan includes a strong component of systems engineering which allows designers to describe and understand such complex systems.

This program specifically equips students to work as software engineers and systems engineers in the aerospace industries - airlines, defence, airports, aircraft manufacture. The growth in Queensland's aviation and aerospace industries continues to outpace the rest of Australia and graduates' skills will be transferable overseas. Graduates are also equipped to work as software engineers employed in large multinational companies, state and federal government departments and agencies, and in many small, specialised consulting companies.