Augusto Sardá

Email: acsarda94 [at] gmail [dot] com
LinkedIn: acsarda

Work Experience

Software Engineer at ReOrbit Space, Finland (2024–present)
Flight software development within the Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) subsystem:
- Control application.
- Sensors and actuators data processing.
- Algorithm-in-the-loop.
GNC Engineer at INVAP S.E, Argentina (April 2021 – January 2023)
Member of the GNC group for satellite applications. Main activities:
- Three-joint robotic arm: Development of tools for the analysis of kinematics and differential displacements for satellite orbit raising and station-keeping manoeuvres.
- Flight software and satellite simulation software: Software development within a multidisciplinary team.
Teaching Assistant at FE - UNLPam (2014–2018)
Undergrad teaching assistant in math courses: algebra, analytic geometry, probability and statistics, and vector calculus.

PhD student in Electronic Engineering at Maynooth University, Ireland (2023–2024)
Fault-tolerant control. Publication here.
Master in Engineering at the Balseiro Institute, Argentina (2019–2024, Avg. 9.43/10, Distinguish thesis defense)
Thesis focused on control strategies for a micro wind generator:
- Study of control techniques on a permanent magnet synchronous generator for wind energy conversion systems.
- Development of an experimental facility for the testing and evaluation of the different control strategies.
- Embedded software development.
Full-time dedication between 2019-2021, then continued part-time.
Electro-mechanical Engineering Degree with orientation in industrial automation at FE - UNLPam, Argentina (2012–2019, Avg. 7.58/10)

Python: Numpy, Scipy, Pandas, Matplotlib. OOP experience.
- Tools for the three-joint robotic arm developed in Python.
- Systems scripting.
- Chosen language for different personal projects.
C & C++: Embedded systems and microcontrollers. OOP experience.
- STM32F103C8T6 microcontroller (blue pill board) used for the Master's project, software developed in C and C++.
- Flight software and satellite simulation software developed in C and C++.
Matlab & Simulink: Control systems and general purpose.
Git: Daily used.
Bash scripting: Basic skills. Linux user for 5+ years.

Projects you can check:

Master's Degree Scholarship (2019–2021)
Fully funded scholarship granted by the National Atomic Energy Commission for studies at the Balseiro Institute.
Friends of Fulbright (2018)
Cultural exchange for seven weeks at Virginia Tech (USA).
Scholarship on research initialization (2017–2018)
Scholarship granted by the FE - UNLPam for research activities at the Mechatronics Lab.

Spanish (native), English (fluent).