Part-Time Stages Principal Systems Engineering & Integration Engineer (SME)

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Responsibilities:

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.

This is a part-time position intended for a highly experienced systems engineering professional with extensive human spaceflight and launch vehicle integration experience. 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.

The responsible engineer will:

• 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.

Qualifications: Required Education/Experience/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution with a minimum of 25 years of progressively responsible engineering experience supporting complex aerospace or human spaceflight programs; or a Master’s degree with 23