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Christopher Barta

Systems and Test Engineer

€450/day
Toulouse, FR
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Christopher

J’accompagne les équipes techniques dans la structuration, la validation et la livraison de systèmes complexes. Ingénieur avec 5 ans d’expérience dans le spatial, j’interviens en AIT/IVQ, ingénierie systèmes, gestion des exigences et essais.
Habitué aux environnements exigeants, j’apporte des méthodes rigoureuses en gestion de configuration, coordination technique et assurance qualité, transposables à d’autres secteurs industriels.
J’interviens sur des besoins en architecture système, traçabilité des exigences, planification et exécution des essais, ainsi que rédaction de documentation technique, avec un objectif : sécuriser vos projets et accélérer leur mise en œuvre.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Conversational

  • Spanish

    Basic

  • German

    Basic

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Pangea Propulsion,
    Configuration & Systems Engineer
    August 2025 - Today (10 months)
    Toulouse, France
    • • Define configuration management and systems traceability across all propulsion developments, adapting ECSS standards to ensure visibility from design through qualification
    • • Develop tools and processes for configuration tracking and documentation control to optimize efficiency
    • • Created the AIT plan for the Nereus reaction control system that will fly on Orbital Paradigm's Kestrel
    spacecraft
    System engineering Requirements specification Test driven development Embedded Systems SCCM
  • Bradford Space – Deep Space Industries
    Propulsion Integration & Test Engineer – Comet Thruster
    September 2022 - September 2024 (2 years)
    Belval, Sanem, Luxembourg
    • • Created conceptual design and architecture of a 6U CubeSat demonstration mission to identify performance feasibility and potential customer needs
    • • Supported subsystem-level requirements & verification traceability for modular Comet propulsion systems, ensuring compliance with standards
    • • Coordinated test reviews with ESA as well as New Space customers
    • • Led cross-disciplinary problem resolution with subsystem teams ensuring alignment with requirements
    • • Drove assembly, integration, and qualification testing for over 20 flight propulsion systems, ensuring compliance with ECSS & SpaceX Rideshare standards
    Test driven development Functional testing System engineering Technical testing customer service
  • General Atomics – Electromagnetics, Space Systems
    Lead Satellite Assembly, Integration, and Test Engineer
    November 2019 - August 2021 (1 year and 9 months)
    Denver, CO, USA
    • • Led assembly and integration efforts for a hosted-payload mission (CNES/NOAA), developing procedures and ensuring subsystem compatibility
    • • Presented spacecraft AIT plan during the Critical Design Review to company internal management and
    payload provider
    • • Assembled the flight model GPS receiver used on NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
    • • Executed acceptance and environmental testing, and delivery of the receiver over a two-month period
    Technical testing International Relations System engineering Project Management Tech Lead

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Education

  • Master of Science
    International Space University
    2022
    Master of Science
  • Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering
    California Polytechnic State University
    2019
    Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering

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