Personal information

Nationality

Spanish

Date of birth

3^rd October 1981

Gender

Male

Desired employment / Occupational field

Aerospace Engineer / Aerospace – Aeronautical Industry.

Work experience

Dates

March 2012 – Present

Occupation or position held

Galileo Flight Dynamics Operations Engineer at GCC Oberpfaffenhoffen

Main activities and responsibilities

FDF On-site operations support:

·         Maintenance of FDF system

·         S/C Routine Operations

·         Launch preparation

·         IOV2 LEOP FDF Support

·         Documentation and configuration control of processes and components of the Galileo FDF system

·         Interaction and support with rest of the teams/elements involved in the Ground Control Segment for Galileo Project.

Name and address of employer

GMV c/o at DLR-GfR mbH, Galileo Control Center, 82234 Wessling, Germany

Type of business or sector

Aerospace Industry

Dates

November 2009 – March 2012

Occupation or position held

Project Manager and technical consultant at the Advanced Space Systems and Technologies (AST)

Main activities and responsibilities

Project manager for several R&D contracts for the European Space Agency

·         Large experience in international projects with companies over several countries, teams involving up to 20 people from more than 6 countries.

·         Project Planning and document elaboration/revision.

·         Project monitorization, control and reporting.

·         Resources allocation, training and attribution.

·         Main responsibility in the overall success/loss of the project.

·         Risk identification, assessment and mitigation.

·         Elaboration of management and technical proposals to ESA’s invitation

·         Business development and representation in space conferences

Technical consultant in the GNC section responsible for:     

·         Design, development and validation of SW tools for mission analysis, GNC, gravity modelling, re-entry systems concepts using MATLAB/Simulink, Fortran 77/90, C,C++, Visual Basic

·         Consultant for optimization, mission analysis and filter design

Member of the company’s experts group for the support of the review, notification and enhancement of the Quality Management System. The latest achievement has been the successful CMMI-5 appraisal.

Responsible of several interns in their development of the tools related to mission analysis and GNC systems designs.

Name and address of employer

GMV AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE, S.A., Isaac Newton 11, E-28760, P.T.M. Tres Cantos, Madrid,

Spain.

Type of business or sector

Aerospace Industry

Dates

June 2005 – November 2009

Occupation or position held

Mission Analyst Engineer at the Advanced Space Systems and Technologies (AST)

Main activities and responsibilities

Project engineer in the mission analysis and guidance navigation and control sections. The work involved the participation in different projects as well as elaboration of proposals under European Space Agency contracts.

·         SW design, implementation Validation & Verification in several programming languages (Fortran 77, C, C++, MATLAB/Simulink,Tcl/Tk) from user requirements analysis up to end of guarantee period.

·         Mission analysis and space systems engineering to planetary and interplanetary ESA proposed mission, including robotic test bed design for formation flying.

·         Participant in the first 4^th Global Trajectory Optimization Competition.

·         Technical responsible for several projects under ESA contract

·         Technical consultant in the Space Systems unit.

Name and address of employer

GMV AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE, S.A., Isaac Newton 11, E-28760, P.T.M. Tres Cantos, Madrid,

Spain.

Type of business or sector

Aerospace Industry

Dates

June 2003-August 2003: Summer internship in the mission analysis division.

September 2003-May 2004: Part time internship in the mission analysis divisition.

Occupation or position held

Mission Analyst Engineer

Main activities and responsibilities

Project engineer at the mission analysis division.

·         Upgrade/Validation of the focusUES, a Fortran 77 6DoF re-entry simulator

·         Development and validation of GMV’s tools for orbital mechanics computations.

Name and address of employer

GMV AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE, S.A., Isaac Newton 11, E-28760, P.T.M. Tres Cantos, Madrid,

Spain.

Type of business or sector

Aerospace Industry

Education and training

Dates

2004 - 2005 

Title of qualification awarded

M.Sc. Aerospace Engineer

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Master Thesis: Reusable Launch Vehicles, Flight Simulator Tool. The main subject was to develop a simulator of a SSTO vehicle based on MATLAB/SIMULINK, by means of target point guidance and LQR control.

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Control & Simulation Department at the Aerospace Faculty. Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands).

Dates

1999 – 2004 

Title of qualification awarded

Masters in Aeronautical Engineering. Specification: Spacecraft and Space structures

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Fluid mechanics, Aerodynamics, Structural analysis (aeroelasticity) Orbital mechanics, Space systems, Composite material,  Space alloys, Flight Mechanics, Air Traffic Management, Navigation and Control.

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Aeronáuticos (ETSIA).

Level in national or international classification

ISCD-5

Dates

2005 – 2012

Title of qualification awarded

M.Sc. in Business Administration.

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Business Management,  National/International Finance, Fiscal Regulation, Taxation, Human resources direction, Accounting, Cost Control, Enterprise History, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Customer Relationship Management, Marketing

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales.

Level in national or international classification

ISCD-5

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue(s)

Spanish

Other language(s)

English, German

Social skills and competences

Good communication skills derived from the multicultural and collaborative international projects.

Capable of effective communication in a multinational and multicultural environment

Open-minded.

Organisational skills and competences

Capacity to work autonomously and/or as team player and able to meet tight deadlines.

Leadership as project manager with several people under my responsibility.

Organized, reliable and responsible.

Result-oriented approach encouraged to finish task on time.

Technical skills and competences

More than 7 years of experience in the aerospace sector working in GMV.

Clear sighted and analytical with the ability to solve problems and develop processes to achieve good results. Large experience in R&D projects.

Satellite Operations, SCOS

Algorithm development and implementation.

Strong background in Guidance, Navigation and Control based on optical navigation.

Deep knowledge of overall system designs and system engineering.

Computer skills and competences

Good command in Fortran 77, Fortran 90, C/C ++ and Visual Basic, and scripting under MS Dos and Solaris.

Expert in MATLAB/Simulink, with Real Time Workshop

Advanced user of Office suite: MS Word, MS Exel, MS Powerpoint, MS Outlook.

Working under several operating systems: Solaris, Linux and Windows XP.

Additional programs: CAD programs (Autocad, Microstation), 3D-design programs (Solid Edge, Solid Works), Finite element structural analysis (NASTRAN), Econometric package (Gretl, Eviews)

Other skills and competences

Rigorous in approach to detailed work requiring accuracy, but also able to see the bigger picture and understand commercial drivers.

Fast learner (large experience in R&D projects) and easily adaptable to new situations.

Driving licence

Category A+B

Additional information

Publications and references available upon request.