Martin Henkel

Software Engineer at CGI Space

Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Experience

  • CGI (Full-time · 3 yrs 1 mo)
    • Senior Consultant
      Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

      Work Package Manager for Operational Simulator engineering service for EUMETSAT, providing support for Sentinel-3, Sentinel-6, Meteosat Second Generation, Meteosat Third Generation and CO2M

    • Software Engineer
      Jun 2023 - Nov 2025 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Work package manager of maintenance team of operational simulators for Sentinel-3, Sentinel-6 and Meteosat Second Generation (MSG). Tasks include coordination with Flight Control Team and suppliers, review and deployment of simulator software, preparation and support during simulation campaigns and development of automation and continuous integration tools, among others.

  • Research Associate at Universität Siegen
    Apr 2021 - Mar 2023 · 2 yrs

    Scientific staff member in the mechanical engineering department specializing in industrial robotics

  • Intern at Fraunhofer IPA
    Sep 2018 - Feb 2019 · 6 mos

    Developed a simulation of a 6-axis robotic arm to evaluate and quantify various sources of positioning errors in MATLAB. Implemented functionalities in C++ robotic path-planning library for manufacturing purposes, including optimal collision avoidance and support for various geometries Developed optimization routine to find optimal workpiece placement and orientation in Python