Derrick Tebusweke

Experience

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  SolarNow BV

  Nov 2016 - Oct 2017

  Technical Officer

  •Assisted in setting up the company’s testing laboratory and repaired client technical defects on company's solar systems.

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  Soliton Telmec

  Nov 2017 - Nov 2018

  Graduate Trainee Engineer

  •Datacenter maintance.•Network Operation Centre supervision.

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  Kakira Sugar Limited

  Dec 2018 - Sept 2020

  Superintendent Repair and Maintenance Engineer

  •Created and implemented successful routine preventive maintenance programs that optimized efficiency and reduced downtime on motors, generators, transformers at 5 factory divisions

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  Astroscale

  Oct 2022 - Jun 2024

  Power System Engineer

  •Reduced testing time by 50% through Python testing scripts for the satellite Power Conditioning and Distribution Unit (PCDU).•Ensured safe Lithium-Ion battery testing on the ELSA-M 8s9p batteries using automated LabVIEW software via RS-422 serial interfaces.•Designed an LED driver circuit with LTspice using an LDO regulator for the satellite’s camera system.•Planned sub-system and system level verification tests, including environmental testing.•Participated in Assembly, Integration and Verification / Testing (AIV/AIT) where I assessed the voltage drop on spacecraft harness structure designs that saved resources on extra harness lengths. Show less

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  Northumbria University

  Sept 2024 - now

  CubeSat Engineer

  •Working in the Northumbria Space Technology Lab to design, test and assemble two 6U CubeSat bus systems for a laser communication demonstration payload mission to Low Earth Orbit with target speed of up to 1Gbps.•Developing electrical, electronic, and software interfaces for successful CubeSat AIT qualification campaign in a cleanroom environemnt.•Participating in preparation of environmental testing facilities to qualify the spacecrafts and parts.