Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Spacecraft Simulations and OBSW expertise, Technical Management of all simulator, research and development activities for the European Space Agency and Satellite Manufacturers. Proposal Lead
Lead Architect of the simulation section, responsible for the Technical Management of all simulator research and development activities for the European Space Agency and Satellite Manufacturers. Proposal Lead Projects: - cOBC Software Validation Facility (SVF) - OBC-NG Software Validation Facility (SVF) - PLATO Software Validation Facility (SVF) - NAOS Operational Simulator - Euclid Operational Simulator - SIMULUS Next Generation Study (ESOC) - SARah Software Validation Facility (SVF) Simulator - Euclid Software Validation Facility (SVF) Simulator - XMM/INT Simulator Porting - MTG Software Validation Facility (SVF) Simulator - MTG SATSIM Operational Simulator - ExoMars Operation Simulator - SoloRTS Software Validation Facility (SVF) Simulator and Real Time Simulator - Sentinel-1 Operational Simulator - BMOTT SLE Gateway for Eumetsat - Study to assess Flight Dynamics HPDTG simulation software. - Simulator maintenance activities of all ESA SIMULUS products Specialist Areas: - Software Validatoin Facilities - Data Handling Systems and OBSW integrations - Operational Simulator Development and Ground Systems Integration - File Based Operations and CFDP protocol/downlink - Integrating processor emulators into simulators e.g. ESOC Emulator, Terma TEMU - SIMULUS Simulation Infrastructure - Developing and integrating software using ECSS-SMP, SMP2, ISIS, REFA, Generic Models , SLE Ground Models, SIMSAT, SimTG etc - Operational Simulators (Cryosat, Cryosat2, GETS, Lisa Path Finder, Herschel Plank, Galileo, Constellation Simulator (CSIM), SWARM, Sentinel-1, ExoMars, MTG SATSIM), Euclid, NAOS - Software Validation Facilities (Solo, MTG, Euclid, SARah, PLATO, OBC-NG, cOBC) - Distributed Software Solutions – Distributed SIMSAT for CSIM and SWARM projects - Standards: Defining and developing software conforming to ESA SMI, SMP2, ECSS-SMP, ISIS, REFA, FBO, CFDP, PUS and CCSDS standards