Over 20 years of experience in System Definition and System Test Engineering. The main activities were test and verification at Payload and at system satellite level of Space and Ground Segments and aircraft for defence. Acquiring experience on SW requirements management and on SW test tool applications (i.e. VALID, SDVE/TESLA, TRDG, etc.) and configuration/management tools (i.e. DOORS, KT, CMS, TRDG, etc.). He has wide experience with different SW development methodologies and SW development standards (like ESA: PSS05, ECSS and DoD: 2167A, 178B, and MIL-498). He has ability to handle stress. His experience includes measurement/analysis and real-time test. The past work has had a focus on test at satellite level ( ionic engine, EPS, laser DRS and DH).Extensive knowledge of test campaign and working with international teams. He has also experience in planning of activities and work load management (Schedule at Completion (SAC)). His ability to write clearly, concisely, and in an innovative way, often required him to be required as proposals writer.
Education(s):
* Course of Project Control for Columbus (project using CPMS/Open Plan tool) by ESA (Turin)
* Course of Advanced Project Control at Oxford Training Centre (WT)(England)
* Course of Oracle DBMS by the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).
* Course of design and development in UML methodology
* Course of Test Manager by Rational IBM
* Course of electronic measurement by NI
* Course of Software Security by Euery
* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Csiences Engineering, International Nettuno University
Languages:
* Spanish (excellent)
* English (very good)
* French (fair)
* Italian (very good)
Experience:
Since 1989
Competency
Technologies:
* Payload test
* System test
* CSDU test
* CMMI
* UML/SysUML
* Test Manager
* Software Security
Instruments:
* Oscilloscopes
* Power meters
Programming Languages:
* SAINTE
* C
* Visual Basic
* Assembler
* Valid
* Tesla
* Java
* Ada 95
* LabView
Operating Systems:
* Windows 2000/XP/7/Surface/8.1
* UNIX / Linux /VMS
* PowerPC/WxWorks
Assignments
04.2014 Test Engineer at SSI
Client: Selex-ES, A Finmeccanica Company
Project Description: Requirement assessment of the M428 - Compact IFF Transponder ( Next Generation of IFF Transponders miniaturised for avionic applications, especially for UAVs). The transponder is aimed to operate in all modes in accordance with STANAG 4193 Ed.3 and AIMS 03-1000A: The equipment software is developed in accordance with DO178B, level B standard.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Requirement assessment.
02.2014 Test Engineer at SSI
Client: Selex-ES, A Finmeccanica Company
Project Description: Statically analysis and LDRA toolkit performance analysis for Honeywell Transponder.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Technical responsible for statically analysis and LDRA performance analysis for Honeywell transponder checking the coverage of the MISRA C++, JSF and customizing coding standard.
11.2013 to date -SubCo Manager
Client: Gabon Government
Project Description: Subcontractor Manager (and Job Director) for T4Health Telemedicine and e-Health for Gabon Government. T4Health is a project aimed at providing solutions for telemedicine and e-health to improve care Gabon's infrastructure using tools and applications capable of reducing the gap between urban and rural areas. This involved liaising with suppliers, managing budget of M€ 29.5.
The activities done at each facility were the following:
Taranto, Italy: Subcontractor manager
Libreville, Gabon: Subcontractor manager
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Cost analysis
- Logistic and transport scheduling
- Contact with dealers and discussion of price
- Production plan and WPs definition
- Liasing with Gabon's Ministery
- Contact/meeting with the customer
03.2013 Test Engineer at SSI
Client: Finemeccanica Group
Project Description: AIV responsible for the Finmeccanica Application Simulation Store (FASST) and collaborative environment programme performed on the basis of the concept implemented for the TRDG.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Analyzing and assessing requirements
- Defining and Writing of test procedures
- Test case development and mapping against requirements
- Troubleshooting and analysis of related problems on portal.
- Test Report definition and filling
01.2013-06.2013 Engineer at SSI
Client: MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca - Ministry of Education, University and Research)
Project Description: He has developed an application for the allocation of working hours of the company with its automatic form filling.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Analyzing and assessing requirements
- Defining database
- Producing a detailed data model of a database
- Defining and Writing code to generate automatic ministerial documentation
06.2013-09.2013 Engineer at SSI, Taranto
Client: ESA
Project Description: Proposal writer and technical responsible for the study of an Efficient EGSE (Software Development and Verification Environment (SDVE)) for the ESA ARTES 5.1 programme on the basis of the concept implemented for the TRDG.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Analyzing and assessing ITT requirements
- Defining of technical Volume
- Producing a detailed approach to the concept implementation
09.2012-11.2012 Engineer at SSI, Taranto
Client: ESA
Project Description: Proposal writer and AIV technical responsible for the study of a Central Check-Out System and Software Development and Verification Environment (SDVE) to propose to ESA for the MTG' programme on the basis of the concept implemented for the TRDG.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Analyzing and assessing CCS-SDVE
- Writing of technical Volume
- Producing a detailed approach to the concept implementation
2009-2011Technical Team Responsible at SSI, Taranto and at Alenia Aermacchi (formerly Alenia SIA), Turin
Client: Alenia Aeronautica for NATO NETMA
Project Description: Technical team responsible (technical leader) of the overall SW engineering for the Integrated ACIS Test Set (IATS) Software (SW) development for the EuroFighter Aircraft (EFA) Typhoon program for the NETMA consortium. He has been in charge of the SW development and the SW verification and validation test activities and HW/SW integration at customer site.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Definition of the SW development and engineering activities at system level (architecture/coding/test)
- Definition of the SW requirements for:
o Man Machine I/F (MMI)
o Master Processor Unit (MPU)
- Definition of MMI state machine (FSM)
- Technical interface with the customer
- Assessment and Verification of HW/SW test requirement (TRD) and development of test methods for its validation
- responsible of the GUI I/F development
- Responsible of the of SW kernel development
- Responsible of the customer test procedures development
- Procedures and Reports elaboration
With the purpose to carry out these specific activities, he has developed an innovative TRD application editor (TRDG), in order to standardize the writing language of the TRD items (avoiding the use of C/Atlas language), develop executable Test Procedures, and maintain under configuration control all the modification applied to the TRD items released. The TRDG application development has conducted to the definition of a new check-out language, an interpretive test-oriented language designed in near English form.
Note: This new editor is still under international evaluation as standard for future verification uses at NATO level.
11.2008 - 02.2009 Engineer at SSI
Client: Alenia Aeronautica
Project Description: Proposal writer and Technical responsible for the SW engineering of the Integrated ACIS Test Set (IATS) Software (SW) development for the EuroFighter Aircraft (EFA) Typhoon program for the NETMA consortium on the basis of the concept implemented for the TEBE (precursor to TRDG).
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Analyze and assess IATS user request (no defined user requirement)
- Definition of architecture
- Writing of technical Volume
- Producing a detailed approach to the innovative concept implementation
2007 - 2008 Risk Consultant at At Alenia Aermacchi Production plant (formerly Alenia Composite)-Boeing, Grottaglie -Italy
Client: Alenia Aermacchi/Boeing
Project Description: Consultant for the definition of the Risk Assessment of the Production at Alenia Composite/Boeing industries. This analysis regarded the Moving Line (MILILITER) of the fuselages production of the Boeing 787 (Dreamliner).
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Definition of a "top-down" systems methodology, with the identification of the zones of upgrades characterized by production risks
- Writing the specific recovery procedures on individuated risks
- Defining the control and diagnosis structures. This activity was oriented to support the understanding of the procedures for the preventive maintenance.
- Based on the vision of "as is", writing a guide line to define a systematic approach to consolidate, the production systems
- Definition of the method of drawing up of the risk cards
- Defining a risk cards database
- Producing a detailed data model of a database
- Definition of naming convention for risk management
- Identification of the existing risks to the levels of management
- Tutor of the Polytechnic - University of Bari, Faculty of industrial engineering following this job
2006 AIT Engineer at SSI, Taranto
Client: ESA
Project Description: Responsible of the definition of tests and strategy into the System Validation Document (SVD) for the Integrated Application (IA) Ground Segment (GS) Railway Diagnostic Satellite System (RADIS) relevant to the ESA ARTES 3 (Railway Diagnostic Satellite System) programme.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Architecture definition
- Specifies the fundamental concepts of the validation process
- Defining the criteria for defining the validation strategy
- Defining the rules for the implementation of the validation programme
- Analyzing and assessing programme requirements
- Writing and assessing of technical documentation of subcontractors
- Producing a detailed approach to the validation implementation
2005 - 2006 AIT Engineer -Italy
Client: Galileo Avionica
Project Description: Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) Team responsible for AMX-ACOL HUD/JDAM application SW. He was in charge of the test verification activities of the software HUD (Head-Up Display) and JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition).
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- SW requirement assessment
- Definition of the test plans
- Wrote the description of the test SW.
The activities of software verification and validation test have been done on the following SW elements:
- Head Up Display (HUD) Symbol Generator (SG) Data Elaboration
- JDAM Management
In order to carry out part of these specific activities, has devised a real-time test bench (TB) SW, to verify and validate the developed SW that could not be validated on the target platform (the aircraft). This TB, named TEBE, reduced in important way the time of tests development and tests execution. This TEBE SW has been considered from the customer the "JDAM test SW environment". The TEBE system required the definition of a new structured language, lexically close to the technician operations.
2005 Independent Test Responsible at SSI, Taranto and AgustaWestland, Varese
Client: AgustaWestland
Project Description: Independent Test Responsible (ITR) of combat net radio (CNR) PR4G of the French Navy NH90 helicopter.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- SW requirement assessment
- Definition of the test plans
- Writing description of test into Valid environment
- Defining acceptance tests into Valid environment
- Giving priorities to acceptance tests according to test strategies
- Analyzing acceptance test criteria
- Conducting acceptance tests on customer site
- Ensuring that procedures are executed properly and that they are prepared to respond to any changes in plans, bypassing problems or other changes to test programs.
- Development of Test Sequences/Procedures on Sun Solaris Valid environment.
2004-2005 Team Coordinator on behalf of Alenia Spazio, Rome
Client: Alenia Spazio
Project Description: Team Coordinator on behalf of Alenia Spazio for the Cosmos Global Ground Segment (GGS) Telespazio's activities in the frame of the definition of AIV strategies. In this context, he defined and written Cosmos Global Ground Segment (GGS) Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV) Technical Report used as reference guide for the entire program, providing methods for Independent SW Verification and Validation (ISVV).
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- SW requirement assessment
- Definition of the test plans
- Definition of the overall AIV strategies.
- Writing the Cosmos Global Ground Segment (GGS) Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV) Technical Report used as reference guide
2004-2005 Independent Test Engineer at SSI, Taranto and Alenia Spazio, Rome
Client: Alenia Spazio
Project Description: Independent Test Engineer (ITE) for RADARSAT-2/SAR2000 DHC SW.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- SW requirement assessment
- Definition of the test plans
- Definition of the overall DHC AIV strategies.
- Defining acceptance tests for SVF facility
- Coding acceptance tests,
- Executing acceptance tests on SVF facility
- Leading test and assuring that the procedures were executed in appropriate scenario and that these are prepared with the objective to answer to eventual plan changes, bypassing problems or other modifications to the test plans.
2003-2004 Test Consultant at Alenia Spazio, Rome
Client: Alenia Spazio
Project Description: Consultant of Cosmos Global Ground Segment (GGS) at Alenia Spazio's premises with the objective to provide requirement assessment, requirement traceability analysis aimed to the overall AIV strategies. The initial activity was performed by using DOORS, then the activity was concluded using the more powerful TRDG application SW (an own developed SW).
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- SW requirement assessment
- drawing up of the COSMO-SkyMed System Verification Plan
- drawing up of the COSMO-SkyMed System Design, Development & Deployment Plan
- Production of VCD and DVM for the production of the DVCM documents
2002-2003 Independent Test Engineer at SSI, Taranto and Alenia Spazio, Rome
Client: Alenia Spazio
Project Description: Independent Test Responsible (ITR) of PRIMA DHC platform (Prototype) for RADARSAT-2/SAR2000.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- SW requirement assessment
- Definition of the test plans
- Definition of the overall DHC AIV strategies.
- Defining acceptance tests for SVF facility
- Coding acceptance tests,
- Executing acceptance tests on SVF facility at customer premises
- Leading test and assuring that the procedures were executed in appropriate scenario and that these are prepared with the objective to answer to eventual plan changes, bypassing problems or other modifications to the test plans.
2002 Independent Test Engineer at SSI, Taranto
Client: Alenia Spazio
Project Description: Independent Test engineer of Digital Electronics SubSystem (DESS) On Board Software (OBS) for SAR2000 Satellite.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Analysis of the software requirements
- Definition of the test plans
- Production of the verification and validation documents (SVVP, SVTS and SVTR)
- Production, implementation and execution of Test Cases/Procedures
- Production of the input data needed to execute Test Procedures
- Participation at project internal and formal reviews
2000 - 2001 Independent Test Engineer at SSI, Taranto
Client: Alenia Spazio
Project Description: Independent Test engineer of the DHC SW of SCU Satelcom 1 satellite (Atlantic Bird).
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Analysis of the software requirements
- Production of the verification and validation documents (SVVP, SVTS and SVTR)
- Production, implementation and execution of Test Cases/Procedures on SVF facility
- Production of the input data needed to execute Test Procedures
- Participation at project internal and formal reviews
1999 - 2000 Test Consultant Engineer at Alenia Spazio, Rome
Client: Alenia Spazio
Project Description: Test consultant of SICRAL military satellite Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) AIV/AIT.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Defining and analysing test at integrated system level for Integrated System Test.
This responsibility includes also the Overall Check-Out Equipment (OCOE) management.
- Analysis of the software requirements
1997 - 1999 Test Engineer at ESA-ESTEC, the Netherlands
Client: Alenia Spazio
Project Description: Advanced Relay and Technology Mission (ARTEMIS) EGSE AIV Test engineer and Test campaign software system engineer responsible on behalf of Alenia Spazio.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Defining and analysing test for Solar Simulation Test (overall system)
- Defining and analysing test for Thermal Vacuum Test (overall system)
- Defining and analysing test for the Final Acceptance Integrated System Test (overall system)
- Definition and SW development (design and coding) of Statistic Application SW for Artemis specific operation items
- Overall Check-Out Equipment (OCOE) management
1997 Test Engineer at Alenia Spazio, Rome
Client: Alenia Spazio
Project Description: Test Software engineer for NAVIGATION Payload on behalf of Alenia Spazio.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Defining and analysing test at subsystem and integrated system level
- Test software responsible for Thermal Vacuum Test and Integrated System Test at Globastar facilities (Rome)
- Overall Check-Out Equipment (OCOE) management
1997 Test Engineer at Alenia Spazio, Rome and Bosch AIT, Germany
Client: Alenia Spazio
Project Description: EGSE Test engineer of ARTEMIS S/K band repeater, developing test sequences (TS) for subsystem integration. The TS aimed to configure and test the satellite at Equipment and subsystem level.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Defining and analysing requirement
- Defining and analysing Test Sequence
- Developing TS for satellite integration during Thermal Test
- Developing TS to configure the satellite at equipment (SCOE) and subsystem level
1994 - 1997 Test Engineer at Alenia Spazio, Rome
Client: Alenia Spazio
Project Description: AIT Test Software engineer analysing and defining requirements, and developing Test Sequence (TS) programs for general satellite integration and management. The TS were aimed to configure and test the satellite at Test Equipment and System level on behalf of Alenia Spazio.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Defining and analysing requirement
- Defining and analysing test at subsystem and integrated system level
- Developing test sequence aimed to configure the satellite at test equipment level
- Developing test sequence aimed to configure the satellite at test system level
- Test SW responsible of Silex (Semi-Conductor Inter Satellite Link EXperiment)
- Test SW responsible of IPP (on Propulsion Package)
- Test SW responsible of APM (antenna pointing mechanism),
- Defining and development of the concept Macro-Master-Brick
1992 - 1993 Project Control at SSI, Taranto
Client: In house
Project Description: Project course analyst. Developed Performance Measurement tool, currently used by SSI Project Control office. Monitoring and reporting project progress and compliance to planned schedule and budget for SSI projects using Primavera-P3, Open Plan, Lotus, Excel, TimeLine and PMS project control tools.
Performed the role of Project control for the following projects:
- Attached Pressurised Module (APM) Software Assemblies and Products Development
- Network Interface Unit (NIU) Software Development
- HCI Engineering Support
- IMF Engineering Support
- Sax Simulator
- Air Traffic Control (ATC) for Short Term Control Alarm (STCA) project
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- Planning, Scheduling & Project Reporting
o Scope management;
o Project deliverables:
o Schedule management;
o Schedule forecasting;
o Corrective action;
o Progress measurement / reporting;
o Productivity Analysis & Calculation;
- Earned Value Analysis & Management
- Cost Engineering & Estimating
o Estimating;
o Cost management;
o Cost control
o Cost forecasting
- Risk and Delay Claims
o Risk Assessment & management;
o Delay Claims Quantification
1991 - 1992 SW Engineer at Aeritalia-Space System Group (SSG), Turin
Client: Alenia Spazio
Project Description: Software Development engineer, Columbus Attached Pressurised Module (APM); analysing requirements and developing software for the Vital Telemetry and Telecommand Application (VTCA) product. The VTCA supports activation of APM power functions, command management, and telemetry data monitoring and management.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- assessment requirements
- developing software for the Vital Telemetry and Telecommand Application (VTCA) product.
1989 - 1991 Technical support (ICT), Taranto
Client: In house
Project Description: Technical Support, managed and supported database implementation for In-Orbit
Infrastructure and several other spaces projects on different platforms.
Assignment: Specific activities performed:
- managed and supported database implementation
- system deployment
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