Salvatore Barone

Flight Controls Engineer II | Aerospace Engineer

San Diego, California, United States

About

Italian/American with an M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II with focus on Guidance, Navigation, and Controls, complemented by practical experience at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn or reach out via email at [email protected].

Experience

  • Flight Controls Engineer II at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Master Thesis Student at German Aerospace Center (DLR)
    Sep 2023 - May 2024 · 9 mos

    Successfully validated an attitude estimation algorithm to reduce the acquisition time of laser inter-satellite links for CubeSats. Tasks included C, MATLAB/Simulink, and Python programming, hardware testing, software-in-the-loop, and hardware-in-the-loop simulations. The algorithm's in-orbit validation is scheduled for 2025 with the CubeISL mission.