About Me
Hi, my name’s Paolo and I’m young space engineer, mostly. I stand out in creativity and innovation, that’s why I carry out tons of projects and ideas in my free time. Some of them are simply hoobies, others real business. My dream is to contribute to scientific research by bringing my know-how and expertise to space missions aimed at advancing humankind.
I am most skilled in: Matlab and Eating Pizza
Experience
Leonardo develops multi-domain capabilities in the Aerospace, Defence and Security sector. The company plays a prominent role in major international strategic programmes and is a trusted technological partner of governments, defence agencies, institutions and enterprises. Innovation, continuous research, digital manufacturing and sustainability are the cornerstones of Leonardo’s business worldwide.
Responsible for the testing and validation of Space Rider Orbiting Module’s Power Control and Distribution Unit. Focus on:
- Testing Proof-of-concept of the unit, calibration of unit properties and features (current limiter, under-voltage, trip-off times, telemetries, telecommands, FPGA etc.);
- AIV/AIT - Functional verification and validation activities;
- Documentation - ICD, test procedure and reports, sequences, lab diary and NC handling;
- Laboratory - Responsible for my department laboratory management, tools, instrumentation and operators;
- Project - Management and monitoring of activities, such proposal evaluation, supplier interactions etc.;
Matlab & Simulink | Excel
Spacemind core business focuses on the R&D of space products. Innovative solutions range from small satellite missions, CubeSat, and nanosatellite hardware to professional observatory telescope mount and tracking systems.
Familiarity and practical expertise with the design, development, and verification of a satellite’s subsystems, including:
- Design and Integration - Coordination of the design starting from customer’s high level requirements and inputs. A trade-off between COTS systems and custom components;
- Electrical Power System - Requirements and architecture definition, subsystem sizing, responsible for the design, production, validation and testing. Supply chain control and monitoring;
- Solar Panels - Design and manufacturing of body-mounted and deployable solar panels on different substrates. Integration on various platforms, quality control, validation and testing;
- Industrial procurement and work methodology experience;
- Support to integration of satellites on deployers and launchers;
- AIV/AIT activities on CubeSats and cleanroom experience;
- Modelling and simulation at system and component level;
- Deadlines, coordination and task management of the team;
- Documentation, requirements and proposal provisioning.
KiCad | SolidWorks | Python | Unix
Family-run hotel since 1993 for 3 generation now. Located directly on Adriatic Coast it features a wonderful view of the sea yet being extremely quiet and peaceful.
Long standing experience in management, back office activities and administration. Greet visitors, technical support and IT responsible.
HTML & CSS | MS Office | Adobe
Education
Politecnico di Milano
MSc Space Engineering
2019 - 2022
City: Milano, Italy 🇮🇹
Final Grade: 104/110
Thesis: COTS-based EPS and advanced manufacturing techniques for the new generation of nano-satellites.
Politecnico di Milano is a scientific-technological university which trains engineers, architects and industrial designers. The University has always focused on the quality and innovation of its teaching and research, developing a fruitful relationship with business and productive world by means of experimental research and technological transfer.
Università di Bologna
BSc Aerospace Engineering
2016 - 2019
City: Forlì, Italy 🇮🇹
Final Grade: 110/110 cum laude
Thesis: Design and Sizing of CubeSat’s Power Subsystem.
Internship: Spacemind: design, development and testing of Cubesat’s Electrical Power System.
The University of Bologna has been founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students, it is the oldest university in continuous operation in the world, and the first university in the sense of a higher-learning and degree-awarding institute, as the word universitas was coined at its foundation.
Liceo Scientifico "Albert Einstein"
Scientific High School Degree
2011 - 2016
City: Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹
Final Grade: 100/100
Thesis: Legosat
Projects
Space Mission Analysis and Design - TEASPOON
The course teaches how to put in practice the fundamentals to accomplish a complete feasibility study and pre-phase A phase for a Space mission, according to the Agencies standards.
Power budget and Electrical Power System design of TEASPOON - a space mission to the Outer Solar System, aimed at studying Sedna and discover new Kuiper Belt Objects. Supervisor: Michèle Lavagna.
Concurrent Engineering Challenge - Power
The CDF’s infrastructure, methodology and processes allow teams of experts from different engineering disciplines to work in close coordination in the same place at the same time to complete the most complex designs imaginable.
Concurrent engineering approach to a Phase 0 for a space mission aimed at performing in-situ investigation of geyser phenomena of Enceladus, a Saturn’s moon. Responsible of power management and distribution subsystem for ESA team. Concurrent Engineering Challenge 2019 at ESA Concurrent Facility, ESEC - Galaxia, Belgium. OCDT
Bocconi for Innovation - Mealot
B4i selects the most innovative ideas and the startups with the greatest potential to help them grow and succeed by investing the experience, knowledge, time and resources of the wider Bocconi community.
Co-founder of Mealot, a startup in the food delivery aimed at connecting onnect customers to local kitchens serving healthy meals from excees food.
European Cansat Competition - Legosat
A CanSat is a simulation of a real satellite, integrated within the volume and shape of a soft drink can. The team's challenge is to fit all the major subsystems of a satellite inside this minimal volume, launched by a small rocket up to an altitude of 1 km. As the CanSat descends, its mission begins.
Legosat introduces a modular design for CanSats exploiting Lego and control system, fans’ based, for a controlled reentry. Legosat challenged both into Italian and European Cansat final competition.
My Skills
Hard Skills
UNIX | Office 365 | MATLAB | Simulink | Python | HTML | Docker | RPi | Latex | 3D modeling |
Soft Skills
Team Work | Efficiency | Workflow Optimization | Networking | Result Oriented | Continous Improvement | Forward Thinking |
Selected Courses
Orbital Mechanics - Space Propulsion - Aerospace Structures - Dynamics and Control of Space Structures - Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Systems - Space Physics - Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control - Heat Transfer and Thermal Analysis - Aerospace Control Systems - Estimation and Learning in Aerospace - Space Mission Analysis and Design
A Little More About Me
I LIKE
Motorbike | SUP | Space | Summer | Podcasts | 3D Printing | Photogaphy | Technology
TRAVEL & GEOGRAPHY
I am from originally from Rimini, Italy, and I still live there, however I study in Milan, work in Imola and spend my summer mostly in Milano Marittima.
I’ve been to ~ 15 countries now, some of which I have forgotten, and many of which I would like to revisit.
Italy 🇮🇹 | Greece 🇬🇷 | Spain 🇪🇸 | England 🇬🇧 | France 🇫🇷 | Belgium 🇧🇪 | Sweden 🇸🇪 | Norway 🇳🇴 | Hungary 🇭🇺 | Netherlands 🇳🇱 | Switzerland 🇨🇭 | Austria 🇦🇹 | United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 | Thailand 🇹🇭 | Cabo Verde 🇨🇻 | Mauritius 🇲🇺 | Malta 🇲🇹 | Egypt 🇪🇬
MEMBERSHIP AND NETWORKING
Member of Euroavia Forlì Bologna and President of Rotaract Club Rimini.