Josep Pino
R+D Engineer
Josep has been in CTAE since January 2009 as R+D Engineer working in different areas such as ATM, Satellite Navigation and Space related Projects. He studied Aerospace Engineering in Parks College of Engineering and Aviation, Saint Louis University in USA, and undertook his Master's Degree in Space Mission Analysis and Design in the University of Glasgow.
His Bachelor project, Hydrogen Transport Mission to Support Mars in Situ Resource Utilization Operations, was awarded with the 3rd prize by the AIAA conference held in Minnesota in May 2004 for his design of the Orbital Mechanics, AOCS and the Assembly of the Spacecraft in-orbit.
His Master Project, Seshat Apophis' Tracking Mission, proposed a new platform concept to collect highly detailed tracking and scientific data such as asteroid composition and surface. He was the propulsion system engineer and one of the system managers of the overall mission.
His Master Thesis was based in a proposal study for the design, implementation and test of a GNSS-R instrument to be launched in a nanosatellite platform named GNATSAT. He carried out the study as Project Manager in collaboration with UTIAS-SFL (Canada) in Starlab, Barcelona.
His professional career started at I.N.T.A. (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial) company located in Madrid, where he had the opportunity to join the Space Programs Department. Over more than two years, he was mainly involved in three space related projects – SEOSAT, SEOSAR and OPTOS. His major assignments in the first two projects were the development of the mission analysis of the missions. And for the third, OPTOS, a picosatellite platform, he conducted the preliminary design study of the orbital mechanics, AOCS and launching strategies.
After the fulfilment of his Master, he stayed at Starlab working as R+D Engineer in two more projects such as RAPID, a proposal study for the design, implementation and test of a GNSS-R instrument to be launched in a microsatellite platform and OCEANPAL, a GNSS-R instrument used on the Earth surface.
Before entering CTAE, he worked as Project Manager for the A-350 XWB Wing Stringer Production and Positioning in ARITEX Cading. He was part of the team managing the design of two installations, one in Illescas and another in Stade (Germany) where the A350 Wing will be assembled in.
Personally, he is always enthusiastic, friendly and ready to discover new things about his job, himself and everything that surrounds him. He likes learning languages, travelling and taking part in outdoor sports such as hiking, kayaking and skiing.