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Date Submitted:	12-03-2010
Last Modified:	12-03-2010 (09:31)

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Current job:	Thermal System Engineer
Employment Term:	Temp/Contract
Job location:	Anywhere
Date available:
Industry:	Satellite Manufacturers and Subcontractors, Consulting/Engineering Services
Keywords	ESATAN, ESARAD, FORTRAN, VBA, System Engineering, Project Engineering, Lumped Parameter Method, Thermal design and modeling, Theoretical thermal analysis (conformity with ECSS), Steady-state and transient thermal models, Model reduction

EXPERIENCE

Aerospace Thermal Engineer

September 2008 – present

Active Space Technologies GmbH

Berlin, Germany

Created thermal models for instruments and electronic units to be included in Earth missions as well as missions to Mercury and Mars. Activities ranged from the conception of geometrical models based on structural drawings to the steady state and transient analyses and reporting of results
Performed sensitivity and uncertainty analyses on thermal models
Created reduced/interface thermal models from detailed models according to ESA requirements
Created the thermal model of a vacuum chamber where hardware will be tested
Managed and completed a small project for the thermal analysis of a detector including a thermoelectric cooler; tasks included own time management and planning of tasks and contact with the client
Co-authored an article submitted and presented at the International Astronautical Conference 2008, about the generation of thermal energy in space

Thermal Analyst

November 2007 - July 2008

Active Space Technologies GmbH

Berlin, Germany

Used the European thermal tools - ESARAD and ESATAN - for developing radiative and thermal models
Researched the thermal properties of regolith soils (Moon and Mercury) and co-authored an article describing a thermal model in ESATAN that allowed the prediction of temperatures at the surface of Mercury (not published)
Acquired knowledge regarding the European space market and SMEs

Laboratory Technician

June 2006 - October 2007

Institute for Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management

Porto, Portugal

Worked in a team gathering and analyzing samples of atmospheric pollutants at industrial sites. Analyses refer to gas concentrations and particulate materials.
All analyses were conforming to the Portuguese national standards
Progressed to team leader, responsible for the daily tasks without further supervision

EDUCATION

“Licenciatura” in Physics/Applied Mathematics(Astronomy)

September 2000 - July 2005

University of Porto

Porto, Portugal

Total credit load: 240 ECTS

Main subjects: Infinitesimal Analysis, Experimental Physics, Observational Astronomy, Extragalactic Astronomy, Solar Magnetohydrodynamics, Numerical Methods, Linear Algebra, Electromagnetism

Exchange student

September 2004 - June 2005

The University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

Main subjects: Fractals and Geometric Randomness in Physics, Quantum Physics, Relativity, Statistical Physics, X-ray Physics

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Portuguese	Mother-tongue
English	Level C1 – Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) from the University of Cambridge, June 2005 Use of English as working language for the last 2 years
German	Level B2 Use of German for everyday life
French	Level A2 Studied French as part of basic education
Spanish and Galician	Level B2 Excellent comprehension due to similarity to mother language

COMPUTER & NUMERICAL SKILLS

Proficient with the thermal tools ESARAD/ESATAN and ThermNV
Fair knowledge of ThermXL and brief acquaintance with TCDT and ESATAP
Excellent knowledge of Windows XP and MS Office
Good skills in programming and algorithm structure in FORTRAN, growing familiarity with VBA and Python
Fair knowledge of the UNIX and Linux operative systems
Methodical and with good capacity for abstraction and grasping complex problems
Passionate for automation of tasks and optimization of procedures
Orderly and organized concerning programming methods and documentation

MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Essential management skills of own time, tasks and deadlines thanks to a great level of autonomy
Practice with creating and maintaining project documentation
Growing interest in management topics and communication skills including nonviolent communication and persuasion
Thriving when working independently, skilled as team worker and with fundamental knowledge at managing people

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & INTERESTS

Member of the Pedagogic Council of the Faculty of Science, University of Porto between July 2002 and December 2003 (students’ representative)
European driving license (A and B classes) since 2001
Practice frequent running and swimming
Enthusiast of bicycles and mountain biking
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