Abhinav Shivkumar

Experience

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  Sanofi Genzyme

  Jun 2012 - Sept 2016

  Jobstudent - Manufacturing Science & Technology

  Student worker in the Manufacturing Science and & Technology group, during the summer months over five consecutive years: 2012-2016. - Specifically part of the Operational Technical Support team in the Purification Division.- Specialised in problem solving through data analysis.- Data retrieval and entry; as well as database maintenance with both digital and physical databases and archives.- Carried out CPV, CAPA, and other studies. - Developed a solid understanding of good manufacturing processes (cGMP).- Gained proficiency in database analysis tools such as: JMP 10, Discoverant, & iLims; as well as distributed control systems such as DeltaV. Show less

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  National College of Ireland

  Jan 2016 - May 2018

  Resident Assistant - Accommodation Office

  Resident Assistant serving c.300 residents living in on-campus accommodation. - Managed the Accommodation Office during the evenings- Coordinated with on-duty security officers to handle any issues or emergencies that occur during the night.- Created and organised programs and events for NCI campus residents.- Handled the main reception of the college during weekends and select busy evenings.

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  Cosine measurement systems

  May 2018 - Aug 2018

  Junior Scientist - Remote Sensing Group

  Junior Scientist (intern) within the Remote Sensing group carrying out research for Masters Thesis:- Researching and developing novel machine learning techniques for satellite calibration. - Main topic of the radiometric normalization of VNIR small satellite data with institutional satellites for integration into European GIS data dissemination programmes.- Assessed applications of machine learning for VNIR small data correction and calibration. Ab initio, developed GIS data collection and processing chains for injection into ML algorithms.- Outlined required ML algorithm environments and training strategy and delivered an internal report and presentation to enable the continuation of the project by the company. Show less

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  ICEYE

  Feb 2019 - now

  - People & Management: Leading a team of engineers supporting both internal and customer operations through high stress orbit campaigns, maintenance, and anomaly response and resolution. Capable and committed people manager dedicated to the growth, learning, and well being of all team members.- Technological Leadership: Developing processes and tooling to ensure internal cohesion withinSatOps/O&M and also with company wide teams by developing inter-team projects working on automation for problems such as Collision Avoidance, Space Weather Response and Anomaly Logging and Analysis.- ConOps & Mission Design: Assisting business development teams in analysing prospective customermissions through provision of operations and maintenance support plans and strategies.- Metrics and Issue Tracking: Responsible for adherence to Service Level Agreements by Operations &Maintenance support teams alongside analyses and reporting of service metrics to upper management. Show less - Space Traffic Management: Designed and led development of a conjunction warning system for the ICEYE fleet. Built and assisted a cross-disciplinary team to develop procedures and tooling for automated collision avoidance. Served as POC for EUSST, JSpOC, US Space Force, and all space traffic communications. Represented ICEYE during the EU Horizon 2020 SPACEWAYS space traffic management research project.- Launch & Early Operations: Served as SatOps Launch lead coordinating controllers to ensure operational readiness for the arrival of new spacecraft into the fleet. Worked with engineering and missions leads to improve cross team LEOP preparation,operational processes, and efficiency.- Issue Analysis and Resolution: Analysed and tracked in orbit issues. First line support for controllers.Worked with engineering teams to isolate root causes of issues and pushed resolution via software updates or hardware design revisions.- Training and Knowledge Sharing: Trained multiple generations of spacecraft controllers, well versed inprocedure development and system documentation. Responsible for the development of new trainingmethods for future operations, contingencies, LEOPs etc. Show less - Day-To-Day LEO Ops: Developed strong understanding of the operational requirements for commercial activity in the LEO environment. Part of a 24/7 SatOps team that ensured a fleet uptime of over 96% in 2020.- Anomaly Response: Diagnosed, analysed, and documented various in-orbit and ground anomalies andimplemented contingency procedures to minimise impact. Interfaced with sub-system experts in seriousscenarios, and designed new procedures to account for previously un-documented cases.- Test Campaigns & Change Control: Followed change control processes and tracked and carried outhardware and software engineering test campaigns, ground station integration trials, and various pilotcampaigns. Show less

  • Product Manager

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Operations & Maintenance, Team Lead

    Jan 2022 - Apr 2024

  • Satellite Operations Analyst

    Dec 2020 - Feb 2022

  • Satellite Operations Specialist

    May 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Junior Satellite Operations Specialist

    Feb 2019 - Apr 2019