Systems Engineer

• Apr 2023 - Present

GNSS Software Engineer - Signal Processing

• Nov 2019 - Apr 2023

Responsibilities included the design and implementation in software of GNSS techniques and algorithms; design of simulation scenarios and critical analysis of output results; production and maintenance of official project documentation and scientific documentation and presentations and communicating with main project stakeholders. Technology: Pyhton, Git, Orolia Skydel Radio Frequency Constellation SImulator, Matlab/Octave, MS Office Main projects: - MONINT, GNSS SIGNAL QUALITY MONITORING SOLUTION FOR NEW INTEGRITY APPLICATIONS: Development of a software tool to modify IQ files of GNSS signals to include Evil Waveform (EWF) effects on them and design and implementation in a software receiver of an EWF detector based on probabilities of false alarm and missed detections, in the context of autonomous driving. ESA funded project Main publications: https://www.ion.org/publications/abstract.cfm?articleID=18070, https://www.ion.org/publications/abstract.cfm?articleID=18573 - GESTA, GSA Engineering Support to SBAS DFMC Standardisation Activities: Software development of a parametric study highlighting the current vulnerabilities of standard aviation receivers with regard to ionospheric scintillation. Production of a state-of-the-art survey on current mitigation techniques for ionospheric scintillation. Production of outputs for standardization of aviation receivers by cross-referencing the findings in the parametric study with the characteristics of the mitigation solutions analyzed in the state-of-the-art study. EUSPA funded project. Main publications: https://www.ion.org/publications/abstract.cfm?articleID=18353 - DIVAL: Study, development and implementation of algorithms to mitgate the impact of multipath, interference and spoofing in handheld devices. Design of representative computer simulation scenarios including the effects of multipath, spoofing and interference as well as modeling of the aforementioned effects using signal generator tools. Show less