Dipl.-Ing. Carsten Dobreva-Nielsen

- Requirement definition and system analysis - IFF System design - Support to the product development team - Creation of the integration and testing concepts - Technical support to the bid management during the offer phases - Technical point of contact for customers - Technical management of subcontractors

Systems Engineer and Project Manager, space-based laser communication terminals: - Project Manager and Systems Engineer on Chinese satellite customer projects - Managing communication with the Chinese satellite companies on management and technical level. Negotiating requirements, schedule, interfaces etc - Organising and executing customer review meetings - Negotiating and planning support with engineering and scientific experts in areas like optics, electronics, mechanics and software

Subsystem lead, Secondary Surveillance Radar SSR: - Responsible for the sub-system Secondary Surveillance Radar, SSR (Civilian parallel to IFF) - Managing the integration of an SSR being developed by a British supplier into the Hensoldt Air Surveillance Radar NG system for a major German programme - Coordination with the British supplier of all Secondary Surveillance Radar topics - Preparing and executing customer reviews; preparing and participating in supplier reviews and acceptance tests

SkanBay is a small engineering consultancy company specialised in project management, systems engineering and AIT/AIV - delivering solutions to high-tech companies in areas like space. Automation development.

- Led the maintenance and evolution of the flight-critical Galileo 'Satellite Reference Databases' (SRDBs) between 7 European partners and satellite organisations. - Initiated and managed an over-due turn-around process. Defined and implemented proper configuration management. Implemented slim and efficient processes. - Developed the concept and requirements for a complex software automation tool which replaced an outdated legacy system which required extensive and error-prone manual interaction

- Systems engineer in the DEOS robotics satellite project and VIBANASS satellite stereo camera project. - Selected cost-efficient technologies and architectures for EGSE/Check-out systems. - Wrote requirements specifications and interface definitions for EGSE/Check-out systems and for ground systems to be used in routine operations of the DEOS satellites. - Supported flight operations preparation for the 120 kg. TET mini-satellite.

- 'Simulation Officer' on the German radar satellite project TanDEM-X. Developed simulation scenarios covering injection of simulated hardware and software errors - Enabled the training of a 20-person satellite control team and validation of SW systems and satellite flight procedures - Managed and controlled the simulator system - for example a HIL simulator - during regular 2- or 3-day simulation runs - Technical responsible for the ‘Operational Validation’ programme for the Columbus Control Centre

- Systems Engineer and technical Project Manager on the highly successful development of the PSS mk3 (Portable Satellite Simulator mk3) with a total project budget of around 4 million Euros - Developed concepts and high-level requirements based on brain-storming sessions and targeted research within the user-communities - Created cost-efficient high-level architecture and detailed requirements - Monitored and steered the overall development which was contracted to two specialist European sub-contractors

- Provided engineering support in the areas of development, production, test and validation of mixed hardware/software sub-systems for the Columbus manned space module - Prepared and supervised environmental testing at the test-house IABG (EMC, vibration, shock, thermal, vacuum, audible noise) - Managed the manufacturing and programming of EGSE ground test equipment (hardware and software) - Wrote test scripts for automated functional testing of the Columbus sub-systems and executed all testing

- Provided consultancy to a phase B study for medical systems to be used onboard the International Space Station ISS - Conducted market research and product selection in the areas of magnetic stimulation, electroencephalography (EEG) and electromyography (EMG)

- Provided engineering consultancy to the highly specialised manned space research and engineering company PanKosmos - Responsible for system integration, test and validation of the MEDEX medical facility for the German MIR ’97 astronaut mission to the Russian Space Station MIR - Defined and executed functional and performance tests of MEDEX - Provided consultancy to ESA in the area of Satellite Navigation. Definition of ground segment operations requirements for the satellite navigation system EGNOS

Consulting to the client European Space Agency (ESA), European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), Darmstadt, Germany: - Responsible for maintenance and upgrades to the Meteosat Ranging System - Coordinating the operations, maintenance and troubleshooting of the Meteosat satellite relay ground station in Wallops, USA

European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), Darmstadt, Germany: - Responsible for maintenance and upgrades to the Meteosat Ranging System.

Project support to the client Terma A/S (former CRI): - Specification and development of the software development environment for the Hermes space-plane

Thesis Title: 'Digital QPSK quadrature demodulation techniques' - Electromagnetics theory - RF, microwave techniques and antenna systems - Optical communication and lasers - Remote sensing - Radar techniques - High-speed digital electronics and analogue electronics - Signal processing