Space engineer student at Delft University of Technology.
From building sounding rockets to engineering satellites.
I’m an aerospace engineering student currently pursuing my Master’s in Space Engineering at Delft University of Technology. So far, I’ve worked across satellite systems, rocketry, and embedded software, starting with the rocketry team I founded at the University of Bologna.
I’m currently working as Lead Systems Engineer on the Da Vinci Satellite, a student CubeSat project. I focus on defining how we verify mission requirements and keeping the team aligned with ESA deliverables. Before that, I started Aurora Rocketry and grew it from nothing to more than 90 people, raising over €30,000 and leading the team to second place at EuRoC 2025.
Along the way, I’ve worked on embedded software, software-defined radios, and simulation tools for aerospace projects. That includes writing firmware for battery estimation on microcontrollers and building telemetry pipelines for testing. I’m especially interested in systems engineering and in how computing works in space, particularly onboard and embedded systems.
Took on the role of Lead Systems Engineer in TU Delft’s Da Vinci satellite team, a student project aiming to launch a self-developed educational CubeSat with ESA support in 2027. Responsible for defining and managing verification methods for mission and system requirements.
Founded the University of Bologna student rocketry team and served as its first President. Built the team from scratch, growing it to 90+ members and securing over €30,000 in sponsorships and public funding. Led the legal constitution of the association, set up the internal team structure, and established contacts with industry and institutional partners. Designed the team’s brand and clothing, represented the team at events across Italy, and led preparation for EuRoC 2025, where the team placed 2nd in its category.
Maintained association website and digital infrastructure supporting event registrations and communications. Designed promotional materials and supported logistics for aerospace conferences and student-led technical events.
Deep-learning-based battery state-of-charge estimator optimized for Arduino Uno, integrating fault detection and tolerance mechanisms. I built the end-to-end IoT telemetry pipeline streaming data to InfluxDB with Grafana visualization. I integrated fault detection algorithms and the redundancy mechanism. Part of the Spacecraft Power & Data Handling course at TU Delft.
Optimized a three-satellite LEO constellation to maximize regional coverage and minimize revisit time, using a two-body model with Earth’s oblateness. Explored the 18D design space with Genetic Algorithms and a custom Simulated Annealing approach.
Sounding rocket designed and built by Aurora Rocketry for the European Rocketry Challenge 2025. Made of alluminum and composite materials, it features a satellite receiver payload and a commercial solid rocket motor for propulsion. I led the team as Chief Engineer through design, manufacturing, testing, and launch operations. Achieved 2nd place in Category S3-C and 8th overall among 28 international teams. I've been Aurora Team Leader during onsite operations and presentations with the Portuguese Space Agency and industry judges.
1U CubeSat Payload of the Nemesis Sounding Rocket, entirely designed by me and the subject of my Bachelor’s thesis. It consists of a 3D-printed frame with an SDR receiver for satellite (Inmarsat Constellation) signal decoding during rocket flight, using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2. I designed the mechanical structures in SolidWorks and the system-level electronics architecture, as well as testing the reception system and deploying it at the launch site.
Developed a MATLAB library for rocket aerodynamic analysis, which integrate the USAF Missile Datcom software to obtain semi-empyrical aerodynamics coefficients. Support double and triple variable simulations and uses Parallel Computing Toolbox to enable multithreading.