Summary
José Ibáñez is an Instrument Control Systems Engineer based in Granada with 14 years of experience developing telescope and astronomy instrument control software, image processing pipelines, and near-infrared data reduction tools. At IAA-CSIC he has driven control software for large projects like the MOSAIC instrument for the ELT and operational systems for the Sierra Nevada Observatory, while also implementing quick-look and pipeline algorithms for the PANIC camera. Equally comfortable in Linux and Python, he combines deep domain knowledge of CCD and IR detector control with practical systems engineering from research to observatory operations. His academic background in computer science, AI, and recent master’s training in data science complements a career that blends long-term instrument development with hands-on software craftsmanship. A detail that often goes unnoticed: he has moved between pure research software and production-grade authentication systems earlier in his career, giving him a rare mix of scientific and service-oriented engineering experience.
14 years of coding experience