Matt Smith Email & Phone Number

Freelance consultant at EUMETSAT working on all LEO and GEO programs with full responsibility for all ground station Monitoring & Control systems and software data processing elements, managing the engineering (developing design concepts, evaluating new technologies and techniques, definition of requirements, modification of databases, …), maintenance (definition and coordination of releases, verification and validation testing, CM, …), procurement and obsolescence management.Additional responsibilities:• Ground station external interfaces / ICDs (toward the Ground Segment)• Ground station / segment system level aspects• MSG IDRS (Image Data Relay System) facility• MCC operational databases and automated procedures• Device Simulator product• EARS FDES switching M&C• Svalbard Treaty monitoring system

Darmstadt Area, Germany

Project managing, developing and maintaining software for ESOC (European Space Agency's satellite operations center).Major projects and activities included:• NDIULite Project Manager / Lead Developer - Project managed, designed and developed the first two generations of the Generic NDIULite system (OpenVMS and Windows) from the user requirement phase through to delivery. Subsequently project managed the customisation and configuration of the software for the Integral, Rosetta, Mars Express, SMART-1, Venus Express and Cryosat missions and provided operational support to ESOC for launches and SVT.• SIMSAT and Ground simulator development / maintenance• SLE, Telemetry & Telecommand Ground Models development (Mark II & CCSDS)• Software porting (Simsat, Ground, SLE, NDIULite)• ERS Simulator Maintenance• Provided simulator helpdesk support service in ESOC