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Date Submitted:	21-06-2009
Last Modified:	15-01-2010 (03:54)

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Current job:	Satellite System Engineer
Employment Term:	Permanent
Relocation:	Anywhere
Date available:	within 3months
Industry:	Satellite Manufacturers and Subcontractors
Keywords	Satellite System Engineering project management Design development Assembly, Integration Verification and Test Mission design Earth Observation Navigation telecommunication Feasibility Study inter-personal relationship skills

EDUCATION

Degree in Aeronautical Engineering (Space System branch) at Politecnico di Milano

97/100 on July 1990

Degree in Philosophy (2^nddegree; Logics-Economics branch) at Università La Sapienza di Roma 110/110 "cum laude" on July 2001

PRESENT EMPLOYMENT

Employer: THALESALENIA SPACE – Rome, Italy

Recruitment date: January 1991

Present Position: Satellite AIV&T (Assembly, Integration, Verification & Test) Engineer (since 2004)

Project: GalileoSat (European Navigation Satellite System)

Collocation: Ottobrunn (München) as part of Astrium space segment system engineering team

Customer(s): ESA - European Space Agency;

Tasks: - Definition of AIV program at Satellite and subsystem level

- Establishment of AIV requirements in terms of model philosophy, verification criteria, test planning and execution;

- Technical management of Satellite AIT (Assembly, Integration & Test) Sub-contractor;

- Monitoring, control and technical support to Satellite AIT for the specification, procurement and utilisation of GSE;

- Evaluation of suitability of test facilities.

- Support to project management for the overall satellite schedule review/optimisation, the risks identification, the selection and implementation of mitigation actions.

- Definition of all Mechanical Satellite Test requirements (test levels, test set-up, test facility, success criteria, etc.) as guideline for test procedure preparation and test execution;

- Review of test procedures and test results.

- Space Segment responsible for Satellite Structural Model during qualification test campaign (in ETS-ESTEC);

Previous Position: Mission Design Engineer (2003)

Project: GioveB (Collocation in Ottobrunn as part of Galileo Industries satellite system engineering team) until delta-PDR (Preliminary Design Review)

Customer: ESA - European Space Agency;

Tasks: - Establishment of mission profile, phases, timeline and operational sequences

- Supervision of Mission Analyses and relevant Launcher interface aspects.

Previous Position: Deputy of Project Manager (2002 - 2003)

Project: Bus of RADARSAT-2C-Band SAR Satellite (Final development Phase C/D)

Customers: CSA (Canadian Space Agency); MDA (MacDonald Dettwiler) as Prime Contractor

Tasks: - Coordination and supervision of Bus development, sub-contractor technical management and Bus requirement verification;

- Contribution, review and approval of Bus documentation (CDR data Package, Qualification Status Documents, Bus Verification Reports);

- Presentation and discussion of the verification status with customer during formal project review

Previous Position: Satellite System Engineer In various feasibility studies for different satellite missions (1998 - 2001)

Projects: EGPM European Contribution to NASA Global Precipitation Mission - (ESA) Phase A

SMLASuperSpectral Mission for Land Applications – (ESA) Phase A

Actor Study of Alenia platform utilisation for ESA Earth Observation Missions Feasibility St.

L-SARSAT L-Band SAR Satellite:- (SAST - Shangai Academy of Space Technology) - Phase A-B

Clouds Cloud and Radiation monitoring satellite - EC (European Community)- Phase 0

SIRAL Radar Altimeter of CryoSat Remote Sensing Satellite (ESA) - Phase A

GalileoSat Navigation satellite Constellation (ESA) - Phase A

G.Marconi Data Relay Satellite for Mars (ASI-NASA) - Feasibility Study

GOMAS GEO Observatory for Microwave Atmospheric Sounding - ASI (Italian Space Agency) - Feasibility Study

GIASIGEO Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer – EUMETSAT - Feasibility Study

Tasks: - Establishment of Satellite System requirements on the basis of Mission, Payload, Launcher System and Ground Segment requirements;

- Coordination, supervision and contribution to system engineering activities (definition of mission profile, satellite architecture, operational concept, platform & SubSystems design, system analyses, budgets and trade-offs);

- Definition of preliminary design, development and validation plan; ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude) costs.

Previous Position: Mechanical Project Responsible (1997)

Project: SHF Receiving Antenna for SICRAL (GEO TLC satellite) in C/D Phase

Customer: Department of Defence of Italy

Tasks: - Definition of mechanical design;

- Structural mathematical modelling and analyses;

- Preparation of Mechanical Test Plan, supervision of tests, check of test results.

Previous Position: Satellite mechanical System Engineer in ESA projects

Projects: MCP TX (Mission Communication Package Transponder) of MSG (Meteosat Second Generation) satellite: Phase C/D; (1996)

ARTEMIS Data Relay Satellite in GEO: C/D Phase; (1994-1995)

At ALENIA TURIN site:

CTV (Crew Transfer Vehicle) Phase0 – requirement assessment (1993)

U.V.C.S. (UltraViolet Coronograph Spectrometer), Core part of S.O.H.O. (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) Telescope: C/D phase; (1992-1993)

Aristoteles Satellite (Earth Observation): Pre-B study Phase; (1991)

Tasks: - Design and development of thermomechanical architecture and overall layout of space systems;

- System budgets and Environmental Analyses;

- Engineering support to Sub-contractor technical management: review of mechanical design, structural analyses, test plan and test reports

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

Employer: College: ‘Istituto Tecnico Industriale Malignani’Udine - Italy

Position: Teacher of ‘Automatic Systems’ and ‘Mechanics’

Period: November-December 1990

PUBLICATIONS

“Instruments and system for CLOUDS - a Cloud and Radiation monitoring satellite”

Proceedings of the EOS/SPIE Symposium on Remote Sensing, Sept. 25‑29, 2000, Barcelona, Spain, SPIE v.4169, p.279-290.

“CLOUDS - a Cloud, Aerosol, Radiation and Precipitation Explorer”

Proceedings of the 3^rd IAA Symposium on Small satellites for Earth Observation, April 2-6, 2001, Berlin, pp.8 .Also in: Acta Astronautica, 52, 739-746.

Presentation at International Forum:

“Drone Satellites for the Global Precipitation Mission: An Opportunity for a European / Italian Contribution” International Forum on a sustainable program of Small Satellite for Space Science and Applications; September 2000, Rome

COURSE ATTENDANCE:

‘Economics’ – ThalesUniversity – Rome 2009

‘Passport to Project Management’ - ThalesUniversity – Turin 2008;

‘Successful Negotiation’ – Infinity - Rome 1999;

‘Satellite Communication Systems’ – CEI Europe - Barcelona 1998;

‘Nastran Dynamic Analysis’ – MacNeal Schwendler – Turin 1997;

‘Professional Capability and Organisational Behaviour’ – Finmeccanica - Rome 1994;

‘Space Systems Engineering’ – Alenia Internal Course - Turin 1991

LANGUAGES

Italian (Mother Language)

English (fluent)

German (good)

French (scholastic)

Spanish (scholastic)

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