Pietro Giordano

Current

Radio Navigation Engineer at ESA/ESTEC

Past

Software and System Engineer: GNSS receiver design at Altran
System and Software Engineer: DSP/GNSS receiver design at THALES ALENIA SPACE
Student/Research Engineer at Politecnico di Torino

Integration & Test Engineer at Accenture Outsourcing

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Education

Politecnico di Torino
Università degli Studi di Padova
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

High School, Liceo Berto

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Industry

Aviation & Aerospace

Pietro Giordano’s Summary

I am a dynamic telecommunication engineer and I am working in THALES ALENIA SPACE Italia, in Milan, as DSP engineer for GNSS receivers. I am in charge of the design and development of algorithms for acquisition and tracking of the GPS modernized signals, L2C and L5, and for Galileo and GPS L1/E1 modernized signal, MBOC modulation, for the EGNOS ground base receivers, in the contest
of the RIMS project.

In September 2008 I graduated with honours in the second level specializing master course in Navigation and Related Applications at “Politecnico di Torino” (classified as third cycle in the Bologna process).

My main fields of interest are GNSS, such as Galileo and GPS, and all the other correlated technologies (i.e. WLAN and communication satellite systems). Thanks to my academic studies and my working activity, my knowledge covers all the main aspects of GNSS systems
• GPS and Galileo systems;
• GPS and Galileo receiver design (Acquisition strategies, Tracking strategies, Multipath rejection...);
• support systems for GPS and Galileo;
• terrestrial and satellite-based (e.g., EGNOS);
• GNSS regulatory aspects;
• receiver technologies Localization in cellular systems (and WLAN);
• navigation and communication hybridization (GNSS + wireless networks);
• applications of GNSS in surveys and mapping;
• added-value navigation-related services and applications;
• timing and time scale generation;
• synchronization.

I have a good background in signal processing thanks to my Telecommunication Master Degree, the Second Level Specialising Master in Navigation and my experience as a research engineer. I am skilled in GPS and Galileo SIS, BOC and MBOC modulation and also AltBOC modulation and multiplexing scheme.

Moreover my knowledge covers DLL, PLL and FLL schemes, Galileo integrity and RAIM, PVT computation using LMS or WMS approaches.

Pietro Giordano’s Specialties:

Matlab, C/C++, LATEX, Java, PL/SQL, MS Office suite, Microsoft OS, Linux.

- GPS and Galileo systems
- support systems for GPS and Galileo
- terrestrial and satellite-based (e.g., EGNOS)
- receiver technologies Localization in cellular systems (and WLAN)
- navigation and communication hybridization (GNSS + wireless networks)

- 802.11-like protocols
- CDMA
- GSM
- GPRS

Pietro Giordano’s Experience

Radio Navigation Engineer

ESA/ESTEC

(Government Agency; Defense & Space industry)

October 2009 — Present (3 months)
Software and System Engineer: GNSS receiver design

Altran

(Public Company; ALT.PA; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2009 — October 2009 (8 months)
System and Software Engineer: DSP/GNSS receiver design

THALES ALENIA SPACE

(Public Company; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

June 2008 — February 2009 (9 months)

– Design of Acquisition and Tracking algorithms for GPS L2C and L5 signals for EGNOS ground base receivers.
– Validation activities.
– Simulators and prototype design and development
Student/Research Engineer

Politecnico di Torino

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

September 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 1 month)

• GPS and Galileo systems;
• GPS and Galileo receiver design (Acquisition strategies, Tracking strategies, Multipath rejection...);
• support systems for GPS and Galileo;
• terrestrial and satellite-based (e.g., EGNOS);
• GNSS regulatory aspects;
• receiver technologies Localization in cellular systems (and WLAN);
• navigation and communication hybridization (GNSS + wireless networks);
• applications of GNSS in surveys and mapping;
• added-value navigation-related services and applications;
• timing and time scale generation;
• synchronization.
Integration & Test Engineer

Accenture Outsourcing

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

September 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 1 month)

– Quality Control and Integration Testing in CRM (Customer Relationship Management) systems.
– Playing a key role in Testing Team, handling and managing critical situations.
– Experience in RFI and RFQ answer

Pietro Giordano’s Education

Politecnico di Torino

Second Level Specialising Master , GNSS, GPS, Galileo system an receiver design , 2007 — 2008

Graduated with honours

Activities and Societies:

GPS and Galileo systems, GPS and Galileo receiver design, Acquisition strategies, tracking strategies, DLL, PLL, FLL, multipath mitigation techniques, Timing, A-GPS, WAAS, EGNOS, navigation and communication hybridization (GNSS + wireless networks)
Università degli Studi di Padova

MSc , Telecommunication Engineering , 2001 — 2006

Subject Thesis: “Project and Analisys of a MAC and Routing Protocol with Directional Antennas for Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network”.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Telecommunication Engineering 2004 — 2005

International exchange program, during the last academic year (12 months)
High School, Liceo Berto

90/100 , 1996 — 2001