Summary
Andrea Calabrese is a Space Product Assurance Engineer with nine years of experience in space systems, currently ensuring ECSS-compliant quality, configuration and supplier management for star tracker and AOCS projects at Leonardo Space Division. He combines hands-on systems engineering expertise from roles supporting electro-optical systems and PLM with practical experience in nonconformance management, environmental testing and program milestone reviews across ESA and ASI missions like Copernicus, IRIDE and Space Rider. Trained in model-based design and MATLAB/Simulink workflows, he brings a methodical approach to lifecycle control, test planning and documentation. Andrea’s background includes hands-on research in autonomous relative navigation and formal ESA training on space debris, giving him a rare blend of product assurance rigor and mission-level operational awareness. Despite a penchant for starting eclectic software projects on GitHub, he focuses professionally on delivering auditable, mission-ready hardware and process solutions from subsystem kitting through integration.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, Master's degree Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering at Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
English, Italian