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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
November 2011-Current
System Engineer (AOCS team)
MOOG Bradford (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) - www.bradford-space.com -
Description
Moog Bradford B.V is a prominent developer and manufacturer of satellite attitude and orbit control systems (AOCS), propulsion and thermal subsystems and components.
- Responsible for the design and technical aspects of sun sensors.
- Verification and testing of sun sensors for qualification and production (thermal-vaccum, Vibration, calibration, electrical and mechanical).
- Verification and testing of sun sensors for qualification and production (thermal-vaccum, Vibration, calibration, electrical and mechanical).
- Writing technical assessments and test reports.
- Familiar with requirements, specifications and datapackages prior to CDR.
- Interfacing with subcontractors (procurement of photodiodes)
- Parallel R&D program of next generation of sun sensors
- Managing technical discussions with clients regarding proposal phase (Thales, Orbital Science Coporation, OHB)
October 2010 -October 2011
Flight Dynamics Engineer
GMV Aerospace and Defence (Madrid, Spain) - www.gmv.com -
Description
GMV is a world leader in Ground Control Systems department. My tasks were mainly in the area of Test&Validation of Flight Dynamics software functionalities for GEO satellites:
- Providing technical and software support to the end-users of the FD applications. Interfacing on a weekly basis with Eutelsat (customer) FDs engineers.
- Corrective and perfective test and validation of FD functionalities
- Implementation of FD software upgrades according to requirements and schedule.
- Anomaly and enhancement report generation interfacing with spacecraft operations engineers.
- Participation in Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) campaigns and Site Acceptance Test (SAT) execution of new realses of FD functionalities.
- Anomaly and enhancement report generation interfacing with spacecraft operations engineers.
- Participation in Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) campaigns and Site Acceptance Test (SAT) execution of new realses of FD functionalities.
- Experience with configuration management and change control (SVN)
July 2009 -August 2010
Attitude in Orbit Control System (AOCS) Engineer
INTA, National Institute for Aerospace Technology (Madrid,Spain) -www.inta.es -
Description
I was involved in the project MicroSat-01 jointly in charge of developing the Attitude in Orbit Control System (AOCS). This Earth observation satellite was entirely built in-house by the R&D team of Nano&Microsatellites of INTA.
My tasks were mainly:
- Developing a simulator in Matlab/Simulink environment.
- Feasibility studies according to simulations.
- Writing technical documentation: User Requirement document, Spacecraft performance Documents.
- Proposal of modes&submodes for satellite operations
- Orbit determination and orbit propagation
- Satellite environmental modeling&verification,
- Hardware-in-the-loop testing
I have also contributed to the upgrade of sensor drivers (data processing).ie: sun sensor for INTA_NanoSat-1B which is currently in orbit
My tasks were mainly:
- Developing a simulator in Matlab/Simulink environment.
- Feasibility studies according to simulations.
- Writing technical documentation: User Requirement document, Spacecraft performance Documents.
- Proposal of modes&submodes for satellite operations
- Orbit determination and orbit propagation
- Satellite environmental modeling&verification,
- Hardware-in-the-loop testing
I have also contributed to the upgrade of sensor drivers (data processing).ie: sun sensor for INTA_NanoSat-1B which is currently in orbit
EDUCATION
Sept. 2003 - June 2009
BSc + MSc in Physics (5 years of study, Licenciado)
University Complutense of Madrid (Madrid - Spain -)
Solid State Physics and Electronics track.
Awards: Top 15% of the year class according to official statistics
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
> CONFERENCES ATTENDED
- 4th Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques. Madrid (Spain). 30th April – 6th May (2010)
- 6th 4S Symposium (Small Satellites Systems and Services) Madeira (Portugal). 31st May – 4th June (2010)
> PUBLICATIONS
- E.Urquijo et al., “Attitude Control Simulator”. XXXI Jornadas Españolas de Automática. (Jaen, Spain). Sept 2010.
> LANGUAGES
- Spanish: mother tongue
- English: fluent written and spoken
o TOEFL iBT test. Score 100/120 (March 2009).
o Certificate in Advanced English – Cambridge University - (June 2009).
- German and Netherlands: basic
> OTHER
- Basketball coach of school teams of different ages. First Level Coach Degree (2001-2005)
SCHOLARSHIPS
Sept. 2007 – July 2008
ERASMUS Scholarship at University of Ghent (Gent, Belgium)
July 2001
Cultural Exchange Ruta Quetzal BBVA. Expedition to Peru and Ecuador. Awarded Project: “Mullo: cultural link in the prehispanic America”. Program supported by UNESCO and Spanish Royal House.
ENGINEERING/SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS
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Engineering / Science:
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Ability to study independently complex and novel topics with no or little guidance. Problem solving abilities and strong scientific background. Proactive in my approach to personal development and always eager to keep learning and take on areas outside my immediate responsibility. Always positive and energetic. |
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Management: |
Team-work oriented and easy to integrate in multicultural environments and clearly international oriented. Team-building and leadership skills thank to 6 years working as a basketball coach. Coordination of activities for large groups (international exchange student coordinator) |
COMPUTER SKILLS
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Operating Systems: |
Linux (Suse/Ubuntu), Windows XP/ Vista/7 |
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Programming Languages: |
Fortran 77/90, C and C++ , MATLAB/Simulink |
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Software Applications: |
MS Office package, Origin |
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