Stefan Winkler

Involvement in practically all running satellite projects throughout all phases (from R&D/T to 0/A/B/C/D/E).

Analyzing and solving technical problems, coaching and supervising engineers, advising projects, developing enhanced solutions, giving transnational trainings and publishing/presenting papers.

Specialties: optimal estimation and control, flexible spacecraft control, integrated navigation, multi-sensor data fusion and stochastic filtering

20+ years professional experience in Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) systems development for aerospace vehicles

80+ scientific publications in Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control (incl. more than 10 popular scientific in e.g. GPS World, Inside GNSS).

since 2007

Airbus Defence and Space, Friedrichshafen
AOCS/GNC & Flight Dynamics

since 2017

Expert in „Optimal Estimation & Control“
Latest major contributions to the space missions
MetOp-SG, SARah (NGSAR), CRISTAL, LISA and agile Radar missions

2010 - 2018

Team leader “Science Studies & GNC” and “Advanced GNC”

2012 - 2017

Senior Specialist in “Stochastic Filtering and Optimal Estimation”

2007 - 2017

Analyst und System Engineer for “AOCS/GNC and Flight Dynamics“
Transnational reviewer, lecturer, mentor and working group leader

2003 - 2006

Mavionics GmbH
Co-founder and shareholder

09/2002 – 12/2006

Research Associate
Institute of Aerospace Systems, Technical University of Braunschweig
Doctorate in aerospace engineering (Dr.-Ing.)

Research, development and experimental validation of integrated navigation / multi-sensor data fusion algorithms for small autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)

03/2001 – 08/2002

Research Associate
Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), University of Bremen

Research and development of spacecraft attitude determination and control algorithms