ENGINEERING MANAGER

LUXSPACE Sarl - Chateau de Betzdorf, Betzdorf – Luxembourg   OHB/LUXSPACE/SSC/Oerlikon - ESA Program: SGEO (Small Geostationary Platform)

SGEO TT&R (Telemetry, Tracking and Ranging) Sub-System: Design, Development, Validation – Phases B;C;D.

-          Direction of engineering activities;

-          TT&R S/S Design;

-          RF Design & Development (S/S level);

-          RAMS Analysis: Reliability / Maintainability Allocation and Prediction Analyses, Safety analysis;

-          EMC Analysis;

-          Radiation Pattern Analysis;

SGEO Spacecraft Simulator: Design, Development support

-          Satellite Simulator conceptual modelling;

-          implementation support (Environment and S/Ss modelling);

System Engineer

ALENIA AERONAUTICA, Caselle - Turin, Italy; 

 - Review and consolidation of design for the Fighter Aircraft AMX fighter-bomber in ACOL configuration for the Italian Air Force ;

 - Certification for flight.

PROJECT MANAGER / RAMS ANALYST

ALTRAN consultancy, Turin/Rome, ISL Ingegneria dei Sistemi Logistici 

For a Customer in the aerospace area, project management for the design and development of a P/L;
 - development of the PM plan and WBS generation;
 - direction and monitoring /control of the project execution;
 - project cost, quality and risk management.

RAMS analysis:
 - Reliability/Maintainability allocation and prediction, FMECA

AIT MANager (*)

ESA/NASA Program: SOLAR/CPD - ISS (International Space Station)

The activities are relevant to the C/D phases of the SOLAR payloads and CPD (Coarse Pointing Device) program on board the ISS through the Columbus module:
-        Planning and organisation of the SOLAR payloads and CPD AIT activities;
-        Power & data lines electrical verification through the use of standard measurement equipment (ohmeter, voltmeter, oscilloscope, spectrum anal., etc.).
-        Coding of the control files used for the AIT activity (TCL).
-        Test execution and verification of the requirements after preparation of the relevant test procedures and troubleshouting.
-        Drawing up of the of the AIT activity documentation.

System Engineer

ESA Programs: BepiColombo

The activities are relevant to the A and B phases of the BepiColombo program:

-  Analysis of the impact of the μ-vibrations of HT-HGA, Solar Array and Fuel Slosh on the scientific measurements of several P/Ls and on the S/C attitude control; modellisation and simulation with MATLAB/Simulink of the Antenna sub-system and of the S/C: 6 DOF cynematic and dynamic models of the 2 step motors used for azimuth and elevation. Assessment of the antenna and of its phase centre stability wrt the Radio Science Experiment; analysis of the micro-vibration transmitted to the BC accelerometers and AOCS sensors and impact on the S/C CoM deviations.

-  AOCS design: pre-definition and development through the simulation with ad-hoc factory tools (D-CAP) as part of the allocated team;

AIV Manager & System Engineer

ASI/NASA Program SHARAD (SHAllow RADar sounder) – MRO (Mars Reconnaiss. Orbiter)

 The activities are relevant to the B, C and D phases of the SHARAD/MRO program:
-        Planning and organisation of the SHARAD Design Verification and AIV/AIT campaign, preparation of the DDVP (Design Development and Verification Plan) and relevant matrices: DVCM - Design Verification & Compliance Matrix and VCM - Verification Control Matrix;
-        Specification of the requirements to be followed during the SHARAD test campaign at instrument level (SHARAD Test Requirement Specification) and follow/trace the development of the sub-contractors test activity at sub-assembly and unit level;
-        Organisation, direction and control of the activities/personnel during AIV/AIT;
-        Inclusion of all necessary operation into the AIT/AIV program and procedure, to demonstrate the contractual compliance according to the test requirements;
-        Review and authorisation of AIT/AIV documentation;
-        Analysis of test results and pass/pail criteria verification;
-        Post Processing Analysis;
-        GSE requirement/procurement specification;
-        Co-ordination and availability of the necessary GSEs (Ground Support Equipment) and facilities;

Senior Consultant in aerospace

-        Engineering department organisation, supporting the account manager in allocating resources and personnel; search & development of new markets in the aerospace area;
-        Organisation, preparation and teaching of ALTRAN internal courses relevant to Space and Ground Segment design, Engineering  and AIT activities according to ESA standards;
-        Attended internal course on EMC test and design methodologies with reference to civil and military standards.

Payload & Radiocommunication Systems Engineer

ESA Program ROSETTA

Test Conductor of the AIV/AIT activity for the following ROSETTA Payloads: RPC, ROSINA, GIADA, CONSERT, MIRO and of the ROSETTA LANDER;
-        Responsible of the Spacecraft and coordinator of personnel during tests.
-        Alenia interface with ASTRIUM, ESA and DSS contractors, reporting to the AIV manager.
-        Power, Piro & data lines electrical verification through the use of standard measurement equipment (ohmeter, voltmeter, oscilloscope, spectrum anal., pyrometer etc.).
-        Coding of the control files used for the AIV activity (C-Elisa).
-        Test execution and verification of the requirements after preparation of the relevant test procedures and troubleshouting.
-        Drawing up of the of the AIV activity documentation.
Support to the AIV/AIT of the ROSETTA TT&C (Telemetry Tracking & Commands) system.
-        Coding of the control files used for the AIV activity (C-Elisa).
-        Test execution, verification of the requirements and troubleshouting.
-        Drawing up of the relevant documentation of the AIV activity.
Test Conductor of the DC-Magnetic Mapping, DEPERM and PERM activity of all the ROSETTA electronic units;
-        Test execution with the ad hoc measurement facility, verification of the requirements and troubleshouting.
-        Drawing up of the relevant documentation of the AIV activity.

ALENIA AERONAUTICA, C.so Francia, Turin, Italy.

Electrical & Functional I/F Designer – Weapon Integration Team,

European Fighter Aircraft EFA 2000

-        Designer of the electrical and functional interfaces with the aircraft of the air-to-air missiles: AIM-9L, IRIS-T and PODS (SMOKEWINDER);
-        Drawing up of the relevant documentation.

november 2005 december 2006

INTERNATIONAL Post Graduate Master Course SEEDS

“SpacE Exploration and Development Systems”

Established by:                      Politecnico di Torino
In partnership with:               Universität Bremen and Supaero

Sponsored by:                     ESA, ASI, DLR, Alcatel Alenia Space, CNES, OHB Systems, ZARM,
                                             EADS Astrium, ALTEC, GavazziSpace, EADS Space Transp.Systems,
http://www.esa.int - Aurora - SEEDS

Master's Degree (Master of Science) in Electronic Engineering

specialization: electromagnetic

Experimental thesis:
"RF-energy transfer systems for space propulsion", developed at the Polytechnic of Turin and in collaboration with the Johnson Space Centre [NASA, Houston -TX]. The actual scope was the numerical and performance analysis of the ICRH (Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating) antenna, used for the power amplification in the second stage of the VASIMR engine.

   - Antennas and electromagnetic structures analysis & design;
   - Electromagnetic waves propagation;
   - Microwave circuits analysis & design;
   - Optoelectronic circuits design;