Zachary Talpas

Zachary Talpas is a Systems Engineer at Stellar Solutions since May 2019, specializing in mission operations for NASA projects, notably the PUNCH and Lucy missions at the Southwest Research Institute. Talpas is proficient in requirements management using tools like DOORS and Jira, and has a strong background in verification testing, mission planning software development in Python, and command sequence analysis using STK. Achievements include receiving the NASA Lucy Rising Star Peer Award. Prior experience includes internships focused on requirements management and test campaign planning for NASA missions such as Orion and Lucy. Zachary holds a degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.