Stages Principal Systems Engineering & Integration Engineer

TriVector Services, Inc. provides quality aerospace engineering solutions to complex problems through a renowned team of engineering professionals. We are a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned, SBA-certified Small Business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Our experienced team is dedicated to building lasting partnerships based on professional integrity and sound engineering principles. TriVector's Experience and exceptional Performance add measurable Value to every project.

TriVector Services is accepting applications from highly skilled and experienced Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to support our engineering services and mission-focused solutions. This is a part-time position intended for a highly experienced systems engineering professional with extensive human spaceflight and launch vehicle integration experience.

This position supports NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Stages Element Office by providing senior-level Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) expertise across element integration, certification, flight readiness, and systems engineering activities. The selected candidate will serve as a recognized technical leader, providing strategic systems engineering insight, independent technical judgment, and mentorship while supporting the successful execution of the Artemis Program.

The selected candidate will serve as a senior technical advisor and integrator, providing insight, mentorship, and strategic guidance while coordinating across NASA organizations, prime contractors, and government stakeholders to ensure successful execution of Stages Element objectives. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide senior-level systems engineering and integration expertise supporting the Stages Element throughout the program lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership, independent assessments, and strategic recommendations to support program execution and decision-making.
• Support implementation of programmatic changes associated with Artemis missions while incorporating lessons learned from certification, acceptance, and flight readiness activities.
• Support planning and execution of major certification, acceptance, integration, and flight readiness activities across the Stages Element.
• Assess technical impacts, identify integration risks, and recommend opportunities for process and technical improvements.
• Coordinate across Level II organizations, other SLS Elements, Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA), Engineering, Project Offices, prime contractors, and government organizations to achieve program objectives.
• Support certification and acceptance activities, including configuration verification, design certification, functional and physical configuration audits, acceptance documentation, DD-250 closeout activities, and flight readiness milestone preparation.
• Participate in technical reviews, working groups, boards, and milestone assessments supporting successful hardware delivery and mission readiness.
• Provide systems engineering insight supporting requirements verification, technical baseline implementation, risk management, and systems integration.
• Serve as a trusted technical mentor, providing guidance, coaching, and knowledge transfer to junior systems engineers while fostering technical excellence and continuous improvement across the organization.
• Prepare and present executive-level technical briefings, recommendations, and status to senior leadership.
• Perform other systems engineering and integration duties in support of the Stages Element as required.