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Satellite Engineer supporting Launch/Ops Prep, LEOP/Commissioning or Routine Operations programs.
Satellite Engineer supporting Launch/Ops Prep, LEOP/Commissioning or Routine Operations programs.
EXPERIENCE
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, Toulouse, France
SciSys GmbH Contractor
September 2007 - Present
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, Toulouse, France
SciSys GmbH Contractor
September 2007 - Present
Operations Engineer within the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) ESA Operations Management Team at the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES). Responsible for management of the development and maintenance of ATV Multi-Element Procedures (MEPs), which synchronise activities between three International Space Station (ISS) control centres (ATV-CC Toulouse, MCC-Houston and MCC-Moscow) and the ISS Crew during coordinated operations such as rendezvous, docking, attached-phase operations, ISS reboost and undocking. Chair of multilateral MEP Working Group.
Also responsible for maintenance support of ATV/ISS Operations Interface Procedures, which specify data transfer/management requirements between ATV/ATV-CC and the ISS and international partners. Provide support to ATV Joint Operations Working Group (JOWG) and Operations Control Boards (OCB).
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, Darmstadt, Germany
SciSys GmbH Contractor
February 2005 - August 2007
SciSys GmbH Contractor
February 2005 - August 2007
Spacecraft Operations Engineer (SOE) within the ENVISAT Flight Control Team at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC). Lead responsibility for all operational activities of the Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR), Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) and Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2) instruments. Provided real-time commanding during routine maintenance and anomaly recovery procedure execution, Flight Control Procedure (FCP) development and maintenance, housekeeping telemetry monitoring, trending and reporting, anomaly investigation and resolution, and technical interchange with ESTEC, ESRIN and Industry partners.
Backup responsibilities for the ENVISAT Payload Module and other instruments. Experienced with SCOS-1B, MOIS, ENVISAT Simulator and MPS Display Tool.
EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
MOLTEK Consultants Limited Contractor
September 2002 - September 2004
MOLTEK Consultants Limited Contractor
September 2002 - September 2004
System Operations Engineer on the EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS/Metop) Program. Member of the Operations Preparation group, supporting system operations concept development and planning, system control procedure (SCP) coordination and development, and program documentation preparation.
Responsible for development and maintenance of Reference Operations Plan, Procedure Generation Guidelines, Procedure Validation Test Plan and System Procedure Validation Test Specification documentation. Developed Satellite Instrument Services control procedures and SCP Development Monitoring Tool, providing detailed procedure development/validation status and metrics tracking. Supported Procedure Validation Database development, identification of System and Ground Operations MMIs, and System Integration, Verification & Validation preparation activities.
BOEING SATELLITE SYSTEMS (formally HUGHES SPACE and COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY), El Segundo, CA, USA
May 1996 - August 2002
May 1996 - August 2002
Senior Mission Systems Engineer and Chief Flight Director in the Mission Systems Engineering and Operations Department. Responsible for satellite mission planning, preparation and operations, including operations concept definition, operations procedure development and maintenance, flight database validation, simulations campaign and operator certification, anomaly/PR resolution, and mission operations process improvement. Member of HS601 and HS601HP Flight Operations Products Configuration Review Boards and Mission Corrective Action Board.
Flight Director during mission operations, responsible for leading on-console mission teams through all satellite and ground operations during launch, transfer orbit, deployments, acquisitions and in-orbit testing (LEOP/Commissioning). Certified Flight Director for HS601, HS601HP and HS702 series satellites. Supported approximately 20 missions for the Anik, Asiasat, Astra, DirecTV, Galaxy, JCSAT, Panamsat, Satmex and Superbird satellite programs.
Provided extended on-site operations engineering support at SES (Luxembourg) and JSAT (Japan) satellite ground stations. Responsible for initial on-station operations support for the Astra-1G, JCSAT-6 and JCSAT 8 programs.
TRW, SPACE and ELECTRONICS GROUP, Redondo Beach, CA, USA
October 1985 - April 1996
October 1985 - April 1996
Systems Operations Department of the Defense Systems Division, Visible Ultraviolet Experiment (VUE) and Defense Support Program (DSP) Orbital Operations Programs. Responsible for system operations support of a space-based optical instrument (VUE), and satellite orbital operations support and Technical Advisor to the USAF providing real-time, on-console satellite operations engineering support from various ground facilities during launch and early on-orbit testing (DSP). Supported 4 DSP missions and 1 TDRS mission. Responsible for coordination of satellite anomaly investigation and closeout documentation, and preparation of orbital data analysis reports. Provided customer support at anomaly review boards, technical interchange meetings and readiness reviews. Authored part of the technical volume in a winning satellite operations support proposal.
Systems Engineering Department of the Federal Systems Division, Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) Program Office. Responsible for spacecraft system integration, payload interface compatibility, STS integration and interface documentation.
Mission and System Engineering Department of the Defense Projects Division, Launch Systems Integration Project. Provided launch system integration engineering and interface documentation for STS and ELV launch of various U.S. government spacecraft.
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY, SPACE and COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, El Segundo, CA, USA
September 1980 - September 1985
September 1980 - September 1985
Systems Engineering Laboratories, Launch Vehicle Integration Project Office. Responsible for STS integration, interface documentation, system safety, mission simulations campaign support and launch site processing for the Aussat, Morelos, Palapa, SBS and Telstar satellite programs manifested for launch on STS flights 41-D, 51-G, 51-I, 61-B and 61-H. Provided real-time, on-console satellite operations engineering support from the NASA Johnson Space Center (MPSR) during STS flights 41 D and 51 G.
Systems Engineering Laboratories, HS350 and Leasat Program Offices. Responsible for propulsion and attitude control subsystem hardware integration and STS system safety.
Propulsion Department of the Technology Division, Solid Rocket Motor Systems Group. Responsible for monitoring motor procurement, and inspection and testing of ignition system devices used for launches of numerous spacecraft.
EDUCATION
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA, USA
Master of Science in Aeronautics June 1983.
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA, USA
Master of Science in Aeronautics June 1983.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA, USA
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics June 1980.
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics June 1980.
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