Fran Acién
Cofundador at North Propulsion
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolFran Acién is a telecommunications and embedded systems engineer turned startup founder with 10 years of hands-on experience across space and new-space ventures. As cofounder and lead of software engineering at North Propulsion he designs software and systems for chemical rocket engines for microsatellites, building on prior ESA engagements where he developed CubeSats, ground stations, and satellite data tools. He blends firmware and systems work (C++, TI microcontrollers, CCSDS) with DevOps practices (Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes) and hardware design (Altium, SolidWorks), reflecting a rare full-stack space systems skillset. An active contributor in Spanish maker and hacker communities (HackLab-Almeria, La Jaqueria) and a Debian/Android user, he pairs open-source advocacy with practical lab skills like electronics and costume-like “robot face” projects. Based in Madrid and academically trained at UPM and DTU, he brings both academic rigor and pragmatic product focus to propulsion and satellite mobility challenges.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Technical University of DenmarkGrado en Ingeniería de Tecnologías y Servicios de Telecomunicación, Telecommunications Engineering, Grado en Ingeniería de Tecnologías y Servicios de Telecomunicación, Telecommunications Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Github Skills (58)
markdown10
del10
javascript9
syncthing9
molecule9
radicale9
iptables9
dsa-algorithm9
openldap9
gnu8
transmission8
openvpn8
appwrite8
server7
nfs7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
acien101/acien101.github.io
Dec 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:287 pushes in 9 months
reactweb-application
DiedricoApp/DiedricoApp
Jan 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:114 commits, 44 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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