Petros Pissias
Application And Systems Engineer
Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Top SchoolPetros Pissias is an application and systems engineer with 11 years of experience building and operating ground software for space missions at the European Space Agency’s European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt. His career grew from hands-on Java and integration work in industry to leading data systems and application engineering for mission-critical ground station monitoring and control. He combines a strong academic foundation in distributed systems and complex systems architecture (Lancaster University, MIT xPRO) with practical expertise in systems integration, network administration, and software delivery. Known for translating operational requirements into reliable ground software, he brings deep institutional knowledge of ESA workflows and an ability to bridge legacy systems with modern architectures. An early background in academic research and military informatics gives him a pragmatic, security-aware perspective that helps keep spacecraft operations robust and traceable.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science - Advanced Distributed Systems, Master's degree, Computer Science - Advanced Distributed Systems at Lancaster UniversityBachelor's degree, Informatics and Telecommunications, Bachelor's degree, Informatics and Telecommunications at National & Kapodistrian University of AthensArchitecture of Complex Systems - Professional Certificate, Systems Engineering, Architecture of Complex Systems - Professional Certificate, Systems Engineering at MIT xPRO
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Github Skills (17)
serialization10
protocol-buffers9
rpc9
protobuf9
protoc8
marshalling8
solaris6
dtrace6
java5
go4
asteroids3
image-processing2
astronomy2
fits2
object-detection1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ppissias/JPlateSolve
Oct 2020 - Apr 2026
Contributions:2 releases, 15 pushes, 2 tags in 5 years 7 months
ppissias/JLCF
Jun 2015 - Oct 2020
Contributions:1 release, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
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