Xavier Gibert
Head Of Simulator Architecture
Toulouse, Occitania, France
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Top SchoolXavier Gibert is Head of Simulator Architecture at Airbus Defence and Space with 14 years of experience in system and software engineering for Earth observation satellites, ground segments, and mission chains. He has progressed through technical and leadership roles—engineer to team leader to head—driving modeling, simulation and mission chain integration for space systems. Based in Toulouse, he blends deep aerospace academic training from ISAE‑SUPAERO with hands‑on development of simulation tools and VR/3D applications dating back to open-source SpacecraftSim and mobile VR projects. Xavier is comfortable bridging low‑level space dynamics (Orekit) with user‑facing simulation and testing environments, enabling faster mission prototyping and validation. Known for turning research-grade tools into practical engineering assets, he brings both systems thinking and software craft to complex satellite mission workflows.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Double Bachelor, Aeronautic and Telecommunications Engineering, Double Bachelor, Aeronautic and Telecommunications Engineering at EETAC (UPC)Master of Science in Aeronautical and Space Systems, Aerospace engineering, Space Systems, Master of Science in Aeronautical and Space Systems, Aerospace engineering, Space Systems at Institut Superieur de l'Aeronautique i de l'Espace (Toulouse, France)Master of Science - MS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering at ISAE-SUPAERO
Spanish, Catalan, English, French
Github Skills (4)
drones10
hardware10
autopilot10
mavlink10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
paparazzi/paparazzi
Mar 2012 - Jun 2012
Paparazzi is a free and open-source hardware and software project for unmanned (air) vehicles. This is the main software repository.
Contributions:45 commits in 3 months
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