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EDUCATION
Degree in Aeronautical Engineering (Space System branch) at Politecnico di Milano
97/100 on July 1990
Degree in Philosophy (2nd degree) at Università La Sapienza di Roma 100/110 "cum laude" - July 2001
PRESENT EMPLOYMENT
Employer: OHB – Munich, Germany
Recruitment date: March 2011
Present Position: Payload AIV Manager (since 2011)
Project: MTG Infrared Sounder and Imager Telescope Assembly (Meteosat Thrird Generation)
Customer(s): Thalesaleniaspace - F; ESA - European Space Agency;
Tasks: - Definition of Design Development and Verification Plan at Instrument and Equipment level
- Establishment of Development and AIV requirements in terms of model philosophy, verification methods and test matrix;
- Support to project management for schedule optimisation, risks/opportunity identification
- Management of Payload Verification activities (test planning, test specification, Subcontractor ITT, AIT requirements)
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Employer: THALES ALENIA SPACE – Rome, Italy
Period: 1991 - 2010
Previous Position: Satellite AIV&T (Assembly, Integration, Verification & Test) Engineer (2004 -2010)
Project: GalileoSat (European Navigation Satellite System)
Collocation: Ottobrunn (München) as part of Astrium space segment system engineering team
Customer(s): ESA - European Space Agency;
Tasks: - Definition of AIV program at Satellite, subsystem level and inter-segment level
- Establishment of AIV requirements in terms of model philosophy, verification criteria, test planning and execution;
- Technical management of Satellite AIT (Assembly, Integration & Test) Sub-contractor;
- Monitoring, control and technical support to Satellite AIT for the specification, procurement and utilisation of GSE;
- Support to project management for the overall satellite schedule review/optimisation, the risks identification, the selection and implementation of mitigation actions.
- Definition of all Mechanical Satellite Test requirements (test levels, test set-up, test facility, success criteria, etc.) as guideline for test procedure preparation and test execution;
- Review of test procedures and test results.
- Space Segment responsible for Satellite Structural Model during qualification test campaign (in ETS-ESTEC);
Previous Position: Mission Design Engineer (2003)
Project: GioveB (Collocation in Ottobrunn as part of Galileo Industries satellite system engineering team) until delta-PDR (Preliminary Design Review)
Customer: ESA - European Space Agency;
Tasks: - Establishment of mission profile, phases, timeline and operational sequences
- Supervision of Mission Analyses and relevant Launcher interface aspects.
Previous Position: Deputy of Project Manager (2002 - 2003)
Project: Bus of RADARSAT-2C-Band SAR Satellite (Final development Phase C/D)
Customers: CSA (Canadian Space Agency); MDA (MacDonald Dettwiler) as Prime Contractor
Tasks: - Coordination and supervision of Bus development, sub-contractor technical management and Bus requirement verification;
- Contribution, review and approval of Bus documentation (CDR data Package, Qualification Status Documents, Bus Verification Reports);
- Reporting and negotiation with customer of the unit qualification and bus verification status/approach.
Previous Position: Satellite System Engineer In various feasibility studies for different satellite missions (1998 - 2001)
Projects: EGPM European Contribution to NASA Global Precipitation Mission - (ESA) Phase A
SMLASuperSpectral Mission for Land Applications – (ESA) Phase A
Actor Study of Alenia platform utilisation for ESA Earth Observation Missions Feasibility St.
L-SARSAT L-Band SAR Satellite:- (SAST - Shangai Academy of Space Technology) - Phase A-B
Clouds Cloud and Radiation monitoring satellite - EC (European Community)- Phase 0
SIRAL Radar Altimeter of CryoSat Remote Sensing Satellite (ESA) - Phase A
GalileoSat Navigation satellite Constellation (ESA) - Phase A
G.Marconi Data Relay Satellite for Mars (ASI-NASA) - Feasibility Study
GOMAS GEO Observatory for Microwave Atmospheric Sounding - ASI (Italian Space Agency) - Feasibility Study
GIASI GEO Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer – EUMETSAT - Feasibility Study
Tasks: - Establishment of Satellite System requirements on the basis of: Mission & Payload requirements, Launcher System and Ground Segment constraints, Functional analysis;
- Coordination, supervision and contribution to system engineering activities (definition of mission profile, satellite architecture, operational concept, platform & SubSystems design, system analyses, budgets and trade-offs);
- Definition of preliminary design, development and validation plan; ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude) costs.
Previous Position: Mechanical Project Responsible (1997)
Project: SHF Receiving Antenna for SICRAL (GEO TLC satellite) in C/D Phase
Customer: Department of Defence of Italy
Tasks: - Definition of mechanical design;
- Structural mathematical modelling and analyses;
- Preparation of Mechanical Test Plan, supervision of tests, check of test results.
Previous Position: Satellite mechanical System Engineer in ESA projects
Projects: MCP TX (Mission Communication Package Transponder) of MSG (Meteosat Second Generation) satellite: Phase C/D; (1996)
ARTEMIS Data Relay Satellite in GEO: C/D Phase; (1994-1995)
At ALENIA TURIN site:
CTV (Crew Transfer Vehicle) Phase0 – requirement assessment (1993)
U.V.C.S. (UltraViolet Coronograph Spectrometer), Core part of S.O.H.O. (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) Telescope: C/D phase; (1992-1993)
Aristoteles Satellite (Earth Observation): Pre-B study Phase; (1991)
Tasks: - Design and development of thermomechanical architecture and overall layout of space systems;
- System budgets and Environmental Analyses;
- Engineering support to Sub-contractor technical management: review of mechanical design, structural analyses, test plan and test reports
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Employer: College: ‘Istituto Tecnico Industriale Malignani’Udine - Italy
Position: Teacher of ‘Automatic Systems’ and ‘Mechanics’
Period: November-December 1990
PUBLICATIONS
“Instruments and system for CLOUDS - a Cloud and Radiation monitoring satellite”
Proceedings of the EOS/SPIE Symposium on Remote Sensing, Sept. 25‑29, 2000, Barcelona, Spain, SPIE v.4169, p.279-290.
“CLOUDS - a Cloud, Aerosol, Radiation and Precipitation Explorer”
Proceedings of the 3rd IAA Symposium on Small satellites for Earth Observation, April 2-6, 2001, Berlin, pp.8 .Also in: Acta Astronautica, 52, 739-746.
Presentation at International Forum:
“Drone Satellites for the Global Precipitation Mission: An Opportunity for a European / Italian Contribution” International Forum on a sustainable program of Small Satellite for Space Science and Applications; September 2000, Rome
COURSE ATTENDANCE:
´Galileo – Satellite navigation System’ – Oberfaffenhoven (München) Carl Cranz Gesellschaft e.V. - 2010 ‘Economics’ – ThalesUniversity – Rome 2009
‘Passport to Project Management’ - ThalesUniversity – Turin 2008;
‘Successful Negotiation’ – Infinity - Rome 1999;
‘Satellite Communication Systems’ – CEI Europe - Barcelona 1998;
‘Nastran Dynamic Analysis’ – MacNeal Schwendler – Turin 1997;
‘Professional Capability and Organisational Behaviour’ – Finmeccanica - Rome 1994;
‘Space Systems Engineering’ – Alenia Internal Course - Turin 1991
LANGUAGES
Italian (Mother Language)
English (fluent)
German (good)
French (scholastic)
Spanish (scholastic)
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