Carlos Armiens Aparicio

Experience

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  Indra

  Sept 2005 - Sept 2006

  Satellite Communications Engineer

  Test engineer for the Spanish Ministry of Defense Satellite Communication Network. Tasks and responsibilities:- System and subsystem tests.- System Integration.

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  AEMet - Agencia Estatal de Meteorología

  Sept 2006 - Sept 2007

  Aerosol Remote Sensing Researcher

  Satellite and ground based remote sensing of aerosols. The project involved the deployment of a series of ground stations in several places across Spain to monitor the amount, type and characteristics of aerosols over those places. It also included the validation and cross calibration of the data products given by these stations with satellite data coming from MODIS. Tasks and responsibilities:- Data processing- Validation of data products- Earth Observation algorithms analysis

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  Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial (INTA)

  Sept 2007 - Sept 2013

  Payload engineer - REMS - Curiosity

  Development of a radiometer for Martian surface temperature monitoring, covering all phases of the project, from initial design to operations on Martian surface. Tasks and responsibilities:- Calibration of sensors- Electronics characterization- System design- Component, subsystem and system performance analysis- System and subsystem modelling- Environmental test- End-to-End performance analysis- Data processing- Assessment of industrial activities- AIV monitoring- Design and execution of field campaigns- Interaction with the scientific community- Public outreach- Surface Operations. For the initial operations phase, I was three months at NASA`s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. Weniger anzeigen

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  JPL (NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

  Aug 2012 - Jan 2012

  Mars Science Laboratory Science Operations Team Member

  Member of the Science Operations Team of Curiosity (MSL)REMS's Payload Downlink Lead / Payload Uplink Lead

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  European Commission, Joint Research Centre

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2019

  Project Officer - Support to the European Union Space Programme

  - Support to DG DEFIS in several initiatives regarding the European Space Programme, including EGNSS, Space Weather and GOVSATCOM. Preparation of H2020 calls relative to EGNSS evolution, participant in Working Group Evolutions and EGNSS Programmes Committee for development of Galileo Second Generation, monitoring of foreign GNSS evolution plans, support to initiatives on Backup PNT solutions and the introduction of Galileo services in Critical Infrastructures, development of the European Radio Navigation Plan.- Research on the effects of extreme space weather events on satellites. Modelling the effects that an extreme solar storm would generate on the satellites. Support to the Research Executive Agency in the supervision of projects related to space weather, (SPARC and SPACESTORM). Chairman of sessions in international congresses (European Space Weather Week, EGU).- Member of the Impact Assessment Steering Group for an EU GOVSATCOM initiative. Weniger anzeigen

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  INECO (Ministry of Transport, Spain)

  Jun 2019 - now

  Space Programmes expert

  Research in satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry techniques for the detection and monitoring of land subsidence processes affecting transport infrastructures: o Sentinel-1 data download and analysis. o Digital imagery processing and analysis. o Creation of interferograms using SNAP (Sentinel Applications Platform) o Multitemporal analysis of SAR images using Mintpy, a python tool for Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) time series analysis. o Automation of the processing chain using python. o Research on the combination of SAR data with multispectral satellite data (e.g., water indexes) for the understanding of the land subsidence processes. o Creation of maps using QGIS.Project manager of a small team that provides support to the Spanish Ministry of Transport in strategic analysis and implementation activities regarding the European Union Space Programme: o Preparation of meetings of the EU Space Programme Committee and the EUSPA Administrative Board. o Detailed analysis regarding the different components of the EU Space Programme (Galileo, GOVSATCOM, Copernicus, SSA) o Analysis of the new EU space initiatives (Secure Connectivity, Space Traffic Management) o Development of initiatives to foster the uptake of the European space components within the transport sector in Spain Weniger anzeigen