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Date Submitted:	02-08-2010
Last Modified:	19-10-2010 (07:22)

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Current job:	Spacecraft Operations Engineer
Employment Term:	Permanent
Job location:	Anywhere
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Keywords	• Ten years of spacecraft operations experience, excellent knowledge of spacecraft subsystems and ground segment • Familiarity with different space missions and organisations • Experienced in team coaching and training • Able to work independen

Personal Details
		Age: 38		Nationality: German
Languages: German (mother tongue), English (fluent)
Key Abilities:
Nearly ten years of spacecraft operations experience, excellent knowledge of spacecraft subsystems and ground segment Familiarity with different space missions and organisations Experienced in team coaching and training Able to work independently using engineering methods and standards, team player

Employment History
Dec 2007 to present	VEGA Deutschland GmbH, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen		SATCOMBw Spacecraft Operations Engineer
Senior Engineer for the SATCOMBw program: Power and AOCS Subsystems (Spacebus3000) Preparations for SATCOMBw LEOP and RB (Involvement in SVT, TAR, ORR) Support of COMSAT 1 and COMSAT 2 LEOP Implementation, review and test of the Flight Operations Plan Implementation, review and test of the Ground System (MCS, Operational Database, Spacecraft Simulator) Planning and execution of spacecraft routine activities Provision of on-call service Performance evaluation and trend analysis to monitor the in-flight behaviour of the spacecraft Providing training for several new team members and customer (Bundeswehr) Development of software tools (MS Access, Visual Basic) Participation in technical meetings
Jan 2004 – Dec 2007	VEGA Informations-Technologien GmbH, ESOC Darmstadt		ERS-2 Spacecraft Operations Engineer
Senior Engineer for ERS-2 OBSM, AOCS, Data Handling, Power and Thermal subsystems also responsible for Telecommunication, backup for ENVISAT OBSM and Service Module, part-time support for ADM Aeolus Maintenance and support the development of the on-board software comprising patch generation and testing, OBS database and ground model maintenance (ERS-2 and ENVISAT) Analysis, investigation and recovery of operational events and anomalies relating to Platform and Payload of ERS-2 Execution and support of spacecraft routine activities Provision of on-call service Performance evaluation and trend analysis to monitor the in-flight behaviour of the spacecraft Creation and updates of Flight Operation Procedures including implementation and verification of new sequences, definition of operational database changes and maintenance of the Flight Operation Manual Providing training for several new team members Participation in technical meetings Maintenance of the spacecraft simulator Development of software tools (MS Access, Visual Basic)
Mar 2002 – Dec 2003	Serco Services GmbH, ESOC Darmstadt		ERS-2 Spacecraft Analyst
Day to day spacecraft control activity preparations and verification of their correct implementation Management, supervision and training of the controllers assigned to the team Maintenance of the operational TC/ TLM database and the anomaly and unavailability database (MS Access) Creation of new flight operations procedures and implementation and verification of the related command sequences Introduction of proven working practices and procedures for routine and special operations, problems reporting and data analysis Manoeuvre Preparations Definition, creation and improvement of routine operations procedures for system configuration, set-up and spacecraft subsystems in co-operation with the team Anomaly investigation and support of recoveries Production of weekly/ monthly reports according to the defined format and project rules Development of software tools (Unix Script, Perl)
Dec 2000 – Feb 2002	Serco Services GmbH, ESOC Darmstadt		ERS-2 Day Spacecraft Controller
Spacecraft Controlling: Monitoring of the satellite’s telemetry Preparation and uplink of commands (i.e. payload plan, manoeuvre execution, report requests) Anomaly handling (i.e. in the event of instrument failures, on board computer errors) MissionPlanning: Creation of mission plans for payload routine and special operations and for the Kiruna groundstation configuration Maintenance of the Mission Planning System Creation of software tools/scripts (VMS/DCL) Creation of payload performance statistics Webpage Administration: Maintenance of websites for daily and monthly reports of the satellite’s performance involving: Extraction and processing of data from several databases (Access, SPEVAL (Spacecraft EVALuation software)) Development of software tools (C++, Visual Basic)
Dec1999 - Jun 2000	German Aerospace Centre (DLR)		Institute for Space Sensors and Planet Exploration
Development of a Far Infrared Fourier-Transform-Spectrometer for the dissertation, involving Design, Testing and Calibration of mechanical and optical systems

Qualifications
Oct 1993 – Oct 2000	Technical UniversityBerlin Aerospace Engineering
Diplom (Masters of Science) Aerospace Engineering (average result: 1,6) Basic Studies: Physics, mathematics, information technology, electrical and mechanical engineering, thermodynamics, material technology and measurement techniques Satellite Engineering: Development, attitude and orbit control, systems and components Rocket Engineering: Development, systems and components, propulsion systems, fuels Others: Space flight dynamics, space sensor systems, astrophysics, planning and management of space activities, gas dynamics Final assessment (Studienarbeit): “Development of an attitude control for a nano satellite with a stepper motor”, (result: 1,7) Dissertation at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), subject: “Development of a Far Infrared Fourier-Transform-Spectrometer (FIR-FTS)”, (result: 1,0)
Oct 1992 – Sep 1993	Technical UniversityBerlin Electrical Engineering
Basic Studies: Electrical engineering, mathematics for electrical engineers, modern physics and electrical engineering workshops
Sep 1991 – Sep 1992	Civil Service
Civil Service at the VCP Niedersachsen (Federation of Christian Scouts)
Sep 1984 – Jun 1991	Ratsgymnasium Hannover
Abitur, equivalent to A-Levels Main subjects: Latin and Physics

Industrial Placements
Aug 1999 – Nov 1999	German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Berlin		Institute for Space Sensors and Planet Exploration
Activities: Mechanical design (Catia), optical design (Zemax, Opticalc, Matlab)
Feb 1995 – Mar 1995	Siemens AG, Berlin		Metal Workshop
Activities: Basic training with machine tools, electro-technical basic skills, welding
Aug 1993 – Sep 1993	Noack, Berlin		Metal Workshop
Activities: Moulding, lathe operating, welding, filing, drilling, sawing

Special Skills
Space Ground Segment Software: SCOS-2, SCOS 2000, MOIS, Spacecraft Simulators, On-board Software Maintenance Systems, Mission Planning Systems, SATMON Programming languages: Assembler, Perl, Unix Script, C++, VMS/DCL, Turbo Pascal, Java Script, HTML, Visual Basic, Basic Databases: MS Access, Oracle, SQL Electronics: Expertise in circuit design and micro controllers Operating systems: Windows, Unix, VMS, Linux, DOS

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