My role as the Observatory Manager is to maintain the infrastructure and support the space domain awareness (SDA) research conducted by UNSW Canberra Space on the two optical observatories (half-meter class) that we manage. Those are the VIPER telescope (UNSW asset) and the Canberra-Falcon telescope (US Air Force Academy asset).

As the Lead Flight Operations Engineer for the dual-satellite M2 satellite mission (RAAF, UNSW), my role is to coordinate and run the day-to-day operations:- Mission planning and scheduling- Transmission plans preparation- Telemetry monitoring and fault finding- Data acquisition and on-orbit payload experiments- Formation flying management

I initially took the senior role of Interim Manager of the Australian National Concurrent Design Facility (ANCDF), Australia's unique rapid space mission design and assessment service. After seven months of an extremely steep but rewarding learning curve in both soft and hard skills, I transitioned to the role of Deputy Manager and continue to bear much of the responsibilities I held while being the Interim Manager.My main responsibilities include:- Engineering oversight and mission… Show more I initially took the senior role of Interim Manager of the Australian National Concurrent Design Facility (ANCDF), Australia's unique rapid space mission design and assessment service. After seven months of an extremely steep but rewarding learning curve in both soft and hard skills, I transitioned to the role of Deputy Manager and continue to bear much of the responsibilities I held while being the Interim Manager.My main responsibilities include:- Engineering oversight and mission design- Team-leading and report-writing coordination- Workshop facilitation and organisation- Quote preparation, contract negotiation and customer interactionMy main achievements were:- Within five months of starting the job, I successfully led the ANCDF's most complex and in-depth space mission design study to date, involving 42 experts from 8 organisations.- I managed up to five space mission design studies simultaneously during unprecedented peaks of activity, staying organised despite heavy workloads.- I dealt with numerous challenges, including staff unavailability and customer deadlines overlapping.- The projects I led improved customer satisfaction drastically while generating enough income to sponsor several team members. - I exceeded all my yearly performance goals through initiative-taking, autonomous, energetic and resilient behaviours. Show less

Modeling of several satellite subsystems to help engineers make design decisions and trade-offs.- Construction of a high-level functional model of a satellite in collaboration with senior engineers.- Construction of a mid-level performance model of an innovative Electrical Power Subsystem of a satellite in collaboration with senior engineers.

Modelisation, design, optimisation and lab testing of a CubeSat UV spectropolarimeter to measure the magnetic fields of stars using the Zeeman effect.- Experimental model testing in a laboratory environment (optical bench)- Creation of a Matlab model of the instrument- Signal to Noise Ratio calculations and measurements