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Senior · Denmark

Software and aerospace engineer

25+ years experience · available within 30 days

On request

Fully remote · Hybrid

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Professional summary

25 years experience with software develpment, using various languages, both Von Neumann complete and incomplete (C, C#, Matlab, VB.NET, Assembly, SQL etc.). - aerospace structures and mechanisms design, - space tribology, - environmental testing (vibration, shock, TVAC etc.), - mechanical and software GSE, - design of electronics for use in high shock, high vibration and oscillating temperature environments. Possess close to 15 years of experience in designing, structural analysis, testing and manufacturing of structures and mechanisms for aerospace. This includes over a decade of experience as a machinist, operating manual and CNC lathes and machining centers. Providing 3D CAD & CAE services, production drawings, design, and test documentation to ECSS, NASA and ISO standards. Assistance in all project stages from concept through prototyping and all the way to commissioning. As a Lead designer on several aerospace projects, I optimized the project flow and introduced new Agile-inspired practices and technologies that reduced the delivery times and cut costs of the various project stages to sometimes more than 50 %.

Relevant project experience

  1. 01

    Radiation Shutter Mechanism

    Lead designer of the Radiation Shutter Mechanism on the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) - a joint satellite mission between ESA and the Chinese Academy of Science - hardware delivered July 2023, currently applying the final touches on the documentation. Launch scheduled for 2026.

  2. 02

    Lead designer

    structures for the Atmosphere-Space Interaction Monitor (ASIM) for the ISS - Launched on 2nd Apr. 2018. Mission ongoing.

  3. 03

    Lead designer of the BGO instrument on the ALOFT

    joint ER-2 campaign between the University of Bergen, the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and NASA - Series of successful campaigns in 2018 and 2024.

Expertise

CameoCapellaECSS

Skills

Structural AnalysisMachinistTestingManufacturing3DCADCAEDocumentationLead Designer

Programme experience

ECSSESANASA

Mission phases

Phase 0Phase APhase B

Sectors

Institutional spaceCommercial spaceDefence

Tools & frameworks

CameoCapellaCOMETCDF

Languages

English

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