Diogo Coutinho has participated in numerous space related projects throughout his career. With a strong technical background and a knowledge of the high levels of reliability needed for space systems, he can deliver work packages related to design, analysis or AIT and testing. This flexibility, based on experience and space systems specific training, makes DICO Solutions the perfect partner for the development of electronic systems for space applications.
Customers
Max Planck Institute for Extra-terrestrial Physics, Munich
Albert Einstein Institute, Hannover
T4i, Padova
European Southern Observatory (ESO), Munich
TNO, Delft
Past projects
November 2012 to present date – Electrical Systems Engineer for the eROSITA Space Telescope
Max Planck Institute for Extra-terrestrial Physics, Munich, Germany
- Design and development of payload power supplies and power distribution. System composed by 7 X-ray cameras, 2 S/C interface controllers, stepper motors, valves, heaters, etc…
- Power supplies for sensitive X-ray cameras, stepper motors
- Electronic latching relays
- Switches
- EMC/EMI design compliant to ECSS EMC standards
- Thermal analysis and testing
- Analysis
- WCA
- FMEA
- PSA
- Test Plan and Procedures
- EMC Test plan and procedure for subsystem and system level
- Flight campaign subsystem validation plan and procedures
- AIT
- Support in planning and executing AIT for the FM campaign
February 2007 to October 2012 – Power supply expertise/RF Senior Engineer
Mier Comunicaciones, Barcelona
Company working in the aerospace and defence sector, specialized in the design and manufacture of RF and Microwave payload equipment for satellites
- Technical management (design, analysis, qualification, flight) of the development of a new line of space qualified power supplies to supply the RF equipment designed in-house (LNAs, Downconverters, SSPAs)
- Development of R&D projects related to the design of DC/DC converters for the European Space Agency ARTES 5.2 programme
- RF and Microwave high frequency equipment design (LNAs, Downconverters, SSPAs, L to Ka Band), MMIC RF design, Hybrid microwave technology design (alumina, duroid)
- Test bench design and implementation.
- Payload flight unit testing.
- Test plan, test procedures.
- Functional testing
- Vacuum testing/Thermal cycling
- Environmental
- EMC/EMI testing
Training
April 2014 – European Space Power Conference
ESTEC, ESA
July 2011 – Modelling and Control Design of DC/DC converters
CPES at Virginia Tech, USA
Dec 2008 to Mar 2009 – Synthesis and design of Advanced filters
Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya
Jan 2008 to Apr 2008 – Microwave oscillators
Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya
June 2006 – Completion of Master’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering.
Final Thesis – “Design of an Ultra-wide band receiver at transistor and layout level, using CMOS 0.18um technology”, under the scholarship of SEIKO-EPSON
Oct 2004 to June 2006 – Telecommunications Engineering Degree
Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña,Barcelona
Intensive course on Polimer Engineering
Technische Universitat Wien
Oct 2000 to June 2006 – Started Electronics and Computer Engineering
Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa
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