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Current job: Employment Term: Relocation: Date available: Industry: KeywordsCV
Nationality Italian
City and born date Catania 19/07/1975
WORK EXPERIENCE
• Date from14/11/1996 today
• Name and address of last work company
Antech S.p.A. Via Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, 7 95037 San Giovanni La Punta
• Type of work company Telecommunication. Design and production of Satellite Up/Down Link
• My job skills Design and Documentation chief
• My main job • Link budget and satellite station design (Up/down Link) with parabolic antenna;
• Structural and thermal simulation for mechanical parts of antenna handling and support (for several ambient condition): with software for 3D solid modelling and finite beam simulation (I-deas della SDRC)
• Supervisor in the station installation site (TX/RX Down and UP Link) with different configuration ; maintenance chief and TX and RX devices repair office.
• Design of the follow microwave (in wave guide) components: feed, sub-reflector, Amplifier and frequency converter.
• Wave-guide branching Design with standard components: Ku Band (WR75)- K band-(WR62)- Ka band (WR42/28)- C band (WR137/229) con High Power Amplifier with configuration until 5+1
• Assembly and Design for transmission system for radar application 90Ghz (WR10).
• Electronics circuits Design for amplifier and frequency converters (with Microwave-Office software and/or Design of Ansolft software ).
• Electronics devices test for amplifier and frequency converters in Ku Band and Ka Band.
• Realization of installation procedure , test and devices acceptance (mechanical and RF), safety procedure for site installation, devices user and maintenance manuals (both English and Italian languages);
• Chief of Company’s products archive.
CAPACITY RELATIONAL
COMPETENCE
• Maintenance and installation in the installation site in the follow European and Non-European states (Spain, Portugal, Ukraine, Germany, Croatia, Serbia, Egypt , France, Scotland , Sweden).
• Relation with the costumer to plan and delivery the work ;
CAPACITY AND RELATION
COMPETENCE
• Test for Electrical Systems.
• Test with Eutelsat and Intelsat procedure for satellite station acceptance (with tst and electrical measure for parabolic antenna –with different parameters)..
• Antenna electrical measure with Spectrum Analyzer by HP or by Agilent, and microwave components (filters, coupler, etc…) with Vector Analyzer.
• Realization of electrical scheme related at the electronic devices.
• Mechanical Design for wave-guide components (as filter, horn, diplexer, etc…);
• Excellent know-how about the follow applications:
1. Word (Excellent)
2. Excel (Excellent)
3. Corel Draw (Excellent)
4. AutoCAD 2004 (Excellent)
5. I-deas (SDRC) (Excellent): 3D solid modelling, bi-dimensional drawing and thermal /structural analysis with beam elements
6. MathCAD (Good)
7. Microwave-Office (Good): design and simulation for electrical circuits
8. Design by Ansolft (Good): design and simulation for electrical circuits
9. Grasph (Good): antenna’s design
• Software for programs develop:
1. Assembler (Good)
2. C++ (Good)
INSTALLATION AND PROJECT • January 1998 in the Telespazio station– Fucino, Avezzano, Italy
Design and installation of Up-link station with 7m antenna Ku Band and 4 ports Feed (linear polarization) (10.7-14.5 GHz).
• June 1998 in the Hughes Olivetti –Germany
Design and installation of Up-link station with 7m antenna Ku Band and 4 ports Feed (linear polarization) (10.7-14.5 GHz), with branching systems assembly with 3+1 1500W Klystron CPI Amplifier.
• Marc 1999-Settembre 1999 in the Ukrocosmos Kiev / Telecommunication Minister – Ukraine
Design and installation of Up-link station with 7m antenna Ku Band and 4 ports Feed (linear polarization) (10.7-14.5 GHz), with branching systems assembly with 3+1 600W TWT CPI Amplifier
• January 2001in the Telecom Serbia, Javiniza, Serbia
Design of structural support interface for 18m reflector, ad design of and RF design of 4 ports Feed in C Band (circular polarization).
• April 2003 pfor Alcatel company
o Design and installation of Up-link station with 3.7m antenna Ku Band and 2 ports Feed (linear polarization) (10.7-14.5 GHz),; Thermal and structural analysis for extreme ambient condition in the Afghanistan s installation site.
• June 2004 – in the Euphon Sky-Logic -Turin, Italy
Design and installation of Up-link station with 7m antenna Ku Band and 2 ports Feed (linear polarization) Ka Band ( 20.5-30.0 GHz) for south Africa communication.
• January 2004 to May 2004
o Design and develop of the conversion frequency system L-Ka Band and the amplifier ka band 36dBm: this system have been designed in the stand alone case. Also in the project have been designed the 96cm primus focus offset antenna and the mechanical support and handling system. The assembly system have been to work with the new satellite Hot Bird 6.
• July 2005 in the ESA (European Space Agency)–Frascati, Italy
Design and installation of the Up-Link station with double reflector antenna (3.7m diameter) and 4 ports ka band Feed (20.2-29.5 GHz).
• June 2006 to January 2007
o Mechanical and Electrical design for the Up-Link System with double reflector offset 1.5m antenna. This system have been provided for the Italian defence Minister (Italian Firemen); The system have been included the user and maintenance manuals and the electrical system design.
• October 2006 to January 2007 for Telespazio-Rome
o Mechanical and Electrical design for the Up-Link System with double reflector offset 1.5m antenna: this system have been included the Soft fail system for the 2 CPI 400W Outdoor amplifier and Wr75 Branching system.
• June 2007 to July 2007 for Telespazio Sky-Village Milan-Italy
o Design of N.3 antennas (n.2 Ku Band and N.1 in K Band) with 4 ports Feed and included the tracking sub-system, the De-icing control system and Deicing plenum,
• Personal referent for Up_link Stations for the ESA –Kiruna , Sweden-and frascati- Rome.
EDUCATION
Diploma Industrial Technical in Electronic, Telecommunication and Automatic systems
Institute “I.T.I.S.” Archimede in Catania-Italy
Date 1993/94
Mark: 56/60
Degree: Degree in Telecommunications Engineering
“GSM Network, Wireless, antennas and optical Fiber transmission “
Institute Politecnico in Turin
Date 2007
Thesis “Design for Up Link in Ka Band and Down Link in Ku Band station”
Thesis short description
The preliminary design have been iin a transmission system for satellite transmission for the new Hot Bird satellite in Ka Band. This system have been constituted, also, with the 96cm primus focus offset antenna (with manual handling) and from the 2 ports Feed (linear polarization) TX in Ka Band and RX in Ku band, with the 2w amplifier and from the L-Ka band frequency converter: this system have been interfaced with the commercial modulator and with the commercial LNB. (low noise block converter Ku-L Band), with the standard interface. The mechanical system have been designed to work in the survival condition 180Km/h–40°C to +50°C;
OTHER QUALIFICATION
• Date November 1994 - Marc 1995
• Type of qualification Post-diploma Courses F. S. E. effected from Antech S.p.A. in the Institute “I.T.I.S.” Archimede in Catania
• Main subjects / professional skills
under study
CAD system for mechanical design (2D and 3D) on P.C. and Workstation, through the AutoCAD and Ideas software; solid modelling and simulation with beam elements. Up/Down Link station design for radio and satellite telecommunication.
• qualification Technician specialized in telecommunication for parabolic antenna design.
• Classification national level 46/60
PERSONAL CAPACITY AND
COMPETENCE
FIRST LANGUAGE Italian
OTHER LANGUAGE English (Cambridge PET)
•Reading Good
• Writing Good
• Speaking Good
OTHER LANGUAGE France
•Reading Sufficient
• Writing Scholastic
• Speaking Scholastic
DRIVER LICENSES A-B (for car and motorcycle vehicle)
MILITARY SERVICE: Performed at 131 RGM ART CAM SMV CENTAURO FOGGIA from 23/03/95 to 20/06/96 with the rank of Lieutenant to complement 1 Appointment
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