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Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

- Building a cross-functional, multi-competency team to overhaul the satellite telemetry data handling pipeline, ensuring scalability and meaningful data output for long-term satellite monitoring, supporting new hardware development/modification and reducing manual data management labor for Spacecraft Engineers and Satellite Operators.- Leading a team comprising a Staff Software Engineer, Senior Software and QA Automation Engineer, Senior Data Engineer, Senior Data Platform Engineer, Spacecraft Telemetry Systems Engineer and a dedicated DevOps person to achieve project objectives.- Creating and planning both short-term and long-term visions and roadmapping for the team's work.- Architecting the system for the new telemetry pipeline.- Managing stakeholder interactions through collaborative brainstorming sessions to gather input and align project objectives with stakeholder needs.- Mentoring team members to set and exceed performance goals, resulting in 100% delivery success.- Conducting comprehensive system analysis to identify bottlenecks hindering customer satisfaction, such as improvements needed for systems around the telemetry pipeline, resulting in a 90% improvement in geolocation accuracy of satellite imagery.- Justifying budget requirements through data-driven case studies.- Outlining the hiring process and objectives tailored to the team's needs, ensuring fruitful recruitment and onboarding of new members.- Generating awareness of the importance of proper data collection and management for an effective concept of operation.

Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

- Conducting system analysis to identify potential bottlenecks in the telemetry system from onboard to on-ground.- Developing proof of concept solutions to address identified bottlenecks, ensuring the data pipeline is both meaningful and robust.- Collaborating with existing Ground Software and Flight software teams to provide requirements for improving telemetry services or creating new services.- Creating automation for telemetry processing and visualisation during the satellite build and testing phase, ensuring seamless assembly, testing, and verification.- Participating in preliminary system architecture design and collaborative implementation of automation for Orbit Maintenance with the Flight Dynamics team.

Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Contributed towards the automation of Satellite Operation as a Ground Software Engineer in two distinct teams, each with specialised responsibilities. Mission Control Team:-Developing backend systems and REST APIs for satellite tasking, facilitating imaging and maintenance activities.-Engaging in small-scale UI development to support the Front End Team, ensuring meaningful integration between backend and frontend components.Mission/Acquisition Planning Team:- Contributing to the implementation of linear programming-based optimisation techniques for satellite image-tasking scheduling, enhancing scheduling efficiency.- Developing an algorithm for automated satellite image downlink scheduling, reducing latency in customer delivery and improving operational agility.

Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Operating satellites to grasp the concept of operations, gaining insights into the areas specifically in need for automation.

Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland

Work intended to contribute to Doctoral Studies. - Engaging in preliminary algorithm development for Space Weather modelling, feature detection, and forecasting techniques.- Conducting proof-of-concept studies to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of developed algorithms.

Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

- Implementing quality control measures to flag SAR imagery with ambiguity artifact, preventing such faulty delivery to customers.- Designing a logical flow for quality control processes to ensure efficient and systematic assessment of imagery.- Developing a desktop software application to streamline the gathering of necessary information for quality checks and visualisation of flagged imagery.- Collaborating with Customer Service, Analytics, and Data Engineering teams to optimize workflow and ensure seamless coordination in the quality control process.

Finland

Python based software development for the project 'Listing and Categorising of Solar Features from Solar Radio Maps' aimed at making solar data accessible to the scientific community and also reduce manual labour at the observatory by employing automation. Responsibilities included:-Developing an optimized algorithm in Python to generate solar radio maps efficiently from raw telescope data.- Implementing deep learning techniques for automated quality control of radio maps, enabling identification and segregation of cloud-affected data.- Creating image processing detection algorithms to identify bright and quiet regions from radio images of the Sun.- Conducting thorough comparisons between software-generated results and those from NOAA to categorise detected regions accurately.- Maintaining observability by calculating cumulative error percentages in region categorisation.

Helsinki Area, Finland

As a web page developer for the Space Climate group at Aalto University, Resolve Centre of Excellence Research group, and Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, responsibilities included:- Developing and maintaining web pages for the aforementioned research groups.- Collaborating with team members to ensure websites accurately representing research activities and achievements.- Providing technical support and troubleshooting assistance to website users when needed.

Finland

As a web developer for the Suomi-Sata satellite project, responsibilities included:- Designing and developing a dynamic website utilising PHP, S3, and MySQL technology stack.- Designing the website layout and creating computer graphics for UI design to enhance user experience.- Integrating the website with a data pipeline that stored spacecraft telemetry data from the Suomi100 satellite.- Ensuring satellite health related telemetry information is readily available for users based on different search criteria.- Implementing functionality for users to download payload images, providing convenient access to satellite data.

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

- Automating content monitoring and management processes, significantly enhancing productivity and reducing manual effort.- Providing client support for requirement gathering, ensuring alignment with project objectives and exceeding client expectations and for solving production issues.- Developing and implementing a luggage tracking module within a flight management system, optimising operational efficiency and improving customer experience.- Ensuring software quality control for release management of an e-commerce retail website, maintaining proper standards of performance and reliability.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Space Science And Technology, 4.5/5

Thesis Topic: Solar Radio Brightenings and Dimmings in 37GHz Radio Maps since 1996 In this Master's Thesis, algorithms and techniques were.

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics And Instrumentation Engineering