Personal Data

Place of birth: Portugal
Date of birth: 1985
Nationality: Portuguese

Work Experience:

Technical Manager

EDISOFT, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2016 – Present (6 months)

Responsibilities:

Technical responsibility for the relocation project of a 15 metres S/X Band full motion antenna;

Preparation of proposal documentation for the European Space Agency (ESA);

Execution of a study on the relocation project of a 15 metres full motion antenna, including technical, operational and business analysis;

Technical support to ongoing and new projects for the Santa Maria Ground Station;

Support to the Santa Maria ground station business development;

Support to Launcher Tracking missions;

Technical support to ongoing operations.

RF & IOT Engineer
Inmarsat Ltd., London, UK. January 2011 – May 2016 (5 years, 5 months)   

Responsibilities:
RFS and TT&C Ground Systems:

Coordination of service provision from six TTC ground stations across the globe;

Preparation, planning and support to routine operational activities;

Ground system anomalies investigation and resolution;

RF anomalies/interferences investigation and resolution;

Antennas front-end system upgrade, installation, testing and maintenance;

TT&C back-end system upgrade, installation, testing and maintenance;

Configuration control of TT&C equipment including over twenty six Zodiac Cortex NT/XL/Q units, spread spectrum ranging units, beam pointing system and M&C systems;

Site staff training.
In-Orbit Testing (IOT):

Eight satellites tested over six IOT campaigns;

IOT test conductor for the Galileo IOV satellites mission;

IOT technical lead and deputy team leader for Alphasat (L-Band and C-Band payload);

IOT technical lead and deputy team leader for Inmarsat 5F1, 5F2 and 5F3 (Ka-Band payload);

Support for the design and planning of the IOT ground test system;

Responsible for the IOT ground system FAT and SAT approval;

IOT campaign tests preparation and validation;

Test System database creation and management;

Test system measurements and automated procedures, creation and management;

Support on analysis and debug of IOT test results;

IOT ground system maintenance and anomaly investigation/resolution during and after each campaign;

Creation of ICDs and maintenance procedures for station staff;

Site staff training.
Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) Mission Support:

Ground System Manager (GSM);

Planning, preparation and execution of procedures;

Support and execution of pre-launch activities;

Real-time campaign execution;

Directing ground stations activities from Inmarsat London;

TM&TC control management.
Spacecraft Control Centre Operational Support:

Provision of TT&C services for GEO satellites;

TT&C routine activities planning and execution;

Creation and provision of ICDs, procedures, test reports and manual for station staff and the Spacecraft Control Centre;

Creation and maintenance of scripts and procedures to optimise and automate operations;

Support to the enhancement and upgrade of Inmarsat TT&C Network;

System engineer and overall responsibility for the Airbus Payload Control System (PCS) used for spectrum allocation for the Inmarsat 4 S7C family and Alphasat;

24/7 on-call TT&C support to the Inmarsat Satellite Control Centre (SCC).

Intern

Evolve Space Solutions, Lisbon, Portugal, December 2010 – January 2010 (2 months)

Junior Programmer

Everis Portugal SL, Lisbon, Portugal, August 2010 – November 2010 (4 months)

Education and Training:

Project Management

Learning Tree International, London (United Kingdom)

Relevant Coursework:
Project planning to ensure successful delivery and stakeholder satisfaction;
Application of best practices to plan and run projects using a 6 step project management process;
Implementation of risk management techniques and deploy mitigation strategies;
Estimation of schedule task work, duration and cost;
Implementation of project and team monitoring tools.

Advance English Qualification

Oxford School – Institute of Languages, Lisbon (Portugal)

Title of qualification awarded: Advanced

Degree in Electronics Systems Telecommunications and Computers Engineering (EQF Level 6)

Instituto Superior de Engenharias de Lisboa (ISEL), Lisbon (Portugal) 2010

Relevant Coursework: Telecommunication Fundamentals, Terrestrial and Satellite Communication, Networking systems, Computer Architecture, Peripheral Interfaces, Operating systems, Project Management, Digital Systems, Electronics and Computer Programming, Low-Power Electronics.

Languages:

Portuguese, Mother tongue
English, Excellent

Communication skills:

Good communication skills acquired through the experience of working in a multi-cultural and multi-companies environment.

Ability to organize, prioritize and manage expectations acquired through different projects that required continues contact with clients and manufacturers.

Organisational / managerial skills:

Acting deputy team leader during the In-Orbit Testing campaigns;

Responsible for the test planning during the In-Orbit Testing campaigns;

Responsible for a team of five people during the In-Orbit Testing campaigns;

Management of TT&C equipment spares across six earth stations.

Job-related skills:

TT&C Systems and Equipment;

In-Orbit Testing (IOT);

Radio Frequency Systems;

Systems Administration and Maintenance.

Computer skills:

Good knowledge of Microsoft operating system and Office™ tools;

Basic knowledge of UNIX operating system (Solaris);

Programing skills in VB/VBA/VBS, C/C++, JAVA, JAVACC, HTML.

Other skills:

Strong analytical skills that allow me to tackle and solve different problems, fast and efficiently.

Driving licence:

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