EASA Part 21.A.239(a) requires that “The design organisation shall establish, implement and maintain a Design Management system that includes a Safety Management element and a Design Assurance element with clearly defined accountability and lines of responsibility throughout the organisation”. In many design organisations, System Engineering forms the backbone of the Design Assurance element.  This page contains links to some of the papers I have written around System Engineering in the Design Organisation:

• ARP4754 vs INCOSE SE
• SE Part 1: SE and the Design Management System
• SE Part 2: SE options under time pressure
• SE Part 3: SE practices that accelerate failure under pressure
• SE Part 4: Operation Necessity vs Technical Reality
• SE Part 5: The strong Management System enabling performance