Satellite Payload Systems Engineering

Mr. Ian Furniss
Senior Payload Systems Engineer at Astranis Space Technologies, San Francisco, CA

Salazar Hall 2009A
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Abstract: Ian Furniss is a Senior Payload Systems Engineer at Astranis, a San Francisco based company that designs, builds, and operates communications satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO). In this presentation, he'll introduce the fundamentals of GEO and explain what a Payload Systems Engineer does, covering topics such as orbital mechanics, RF communications, link budgets, and how engineers design and test modern satellite communication systems.

Bio: Ian Furniss, is currently a Senior Payload Systems Engineer at Astranis Space Technologies helping guide the test and development of the payload for their second generation satellite platform: Omega. Prior to this Ian worked with Keysight Technologies as a Hardware R&D Engineer for Keysight Labs and as an Applications Development Engineer for their Aerospace and Defence group supporting their space customers like SpaceX, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman. Ian’s areas of expertise include signal analysis and generation, particularly in design and test challenges in Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite Second Generation (DVB-S2) from X-band to V- and W-band and beyond.