Profile
Isaac Llorens
Curriculum Vitae
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Work History:
Clyde Space Ltd, The Space Robotics Lab (Japan), GTD (Catalonia, Spain)
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Current Job:
Systems Engineer
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Employer:
Clyde Space Ltd.
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About Me
Proper science and technology geek who thinks Earth is too small
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I was born in Barcelona and grew up in a town not to far from there. In the past four years I lived in four different countries, nearly two years ago I moved to Glasgow to build very small satellites.
I love rock and metal music, rock climbing, hiking, science fiction and food.
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My Work
Design satellites and make sure they will work in space.
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My Typical Day: Have some technical discussion and make sure the satellite does exactly what we planed.
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Arrive at the office and get everything ready for the day.
Have a meeting with the team to catch up and decide the day priorities.
Get started with the real work which can mean pretty much anything in the list below:Write documents like satellite manufacturing instructions, reports, space mission concepts …
Write code.
Have meetings about project risks and technical issues to decide best course of action.
Investigate satellite and subsystems issues.
Qualify a satellite design by testing them in simulated space conditions.
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What I'd do with the money
Get some Arduinos/Raspberry Pi and make some projects with space flavour.
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
curious, honest and thoughtful
What's the best thing you've done in your career?
Help to make space technology more accessible
Were you ever in trouble at school?
Not really
If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?
A mad scientist
Who is your favourite singer or band?
Metallica
What's your favourite food?
Churros with chocolate
What is the most fun thing you've done?
Go from my home to the capital of Mongolia on a car.
Tell us a joke.
There are only 10 types of people in the world: those that understand binary and those that don’t.
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