I’ve dedicated my professional life to creating technological solutions that solve real-world challenges. From advanced communication systems to unmanned vehicles, my career has led me to lead projects in demanding sectors such as aerospace, defense, and naval.
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Work Experience
2016-Today
Naval/Unmanned
CTO / Co-Founder
• Co-Founder of UTEK
• Chief Technology Officer
• Technical Direction of all UTEK projects:
⭢ Kaluga USV (High reliability and Performances USV).
⭢ ECUVE Project (Environmental Control with Unmanned Vessels).
⭢ PICASSO Project (Preventing Incidents and Accidents by Safer Ships In The Oceans).
⭢ SIMBAAD (Integrated System for Monitoring and Searching for Aquatic Threats for Defence).
⭢ ANTILUS (Submarine power line inspections).
⭢ IMDEA Networks (5G USV integration)
⭢ LEONARDO (Remote weapon station integration in USV)
2004-2022
Aerospace/Defence
R&D Engineer
• Chief Magnetic Instrumentation Laboratory in Space Magnetims Area.
⭢ EXOMARS project. Magnetometer system for Mars mission.
⭢ MAGMA project. Magnetometry onboard drone.
⭢ Touch&Play project. Contactless high power transmission.
• EPOD Project Manager (UAV Electronic Warfare POD).
• Person in charge for active electronic warfare.
• Member of DIANA project (High performance target drone).
⭢ Person in charge of communication system and emergency recovery system.
⭢ Person in charge for some electronic onboard systems and ground systems.
⭢ Member of flight test team.
⭢ Member of PNOTS project (National Plan for Earth Observation Satellite).
• Development of radar support systems for UAVs and target drone.
• Development of high-resolution range radar for non cooperative target identification.
• Development of radar support systems.
• Support to different projects:
⭢ Synthetic aperture radar, SAR. o UAV Siva.
⭢ UAV Milano.
⭢ Test range centre, CEDEA.
⭢ Operations Support Squadron or the Electronic Warfare Air Force.
• National representative for NATO work team SCI-190 “Electronic countermeasures to radar with high-resolution and extended coherent processing”.
• National representative for NATO work team SCI-140 “Vulnerability of imaging radars to electronic countermeasures”.
2002-2004
Aerospace/Defence
Technical assistance at Electronic Warfare Laboratory of INTA
2000-2015
Electronic/Communication
R&D freelance engineer for different electronics, communications and UAV companies. Some of them:
• Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, INTA.
• Sistemas de Control Remoto, S.L.
• Nautical, S.L.
• Taitec Ingeniería, S.L.
• DC Comunicaciones, S.L.
1998-2000
Aerospace/Defence
Intern at Electronic Compatibility Laboratory
• Test software development data acquisition and instrument control.
• Electromagnetic compatibility testing in anechoic chamber and open field.
1997-1997
Naval electronic
Technical assistance
• Design, manufacture, repair and maintenance of electronic equipment and naval communications.
Education and Training
1997-2000
Electronic engineering
1992-1996
Electronic systems
Telecommunication engineering
1987-1992
Industrial electronic
Technical specialist
2012
PRINCE2 Foundation
Personal Skills and Competences
Spanish (Mother tongue)
100%English
100%Publications
"Drone Magnetometry: a New Approach to Study Present and Past Conditions in the Planetary Bodies"
S.Fernandez, P.Morata, M.Rivero, E.de Diego, M.Díaz.
October 2020. Conference: The Eleventh Moscow Solar System Symposium At Moscow.
"Vector Magnetometry Using Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems: An Example of Application for Planetary Exploration"
S.Fernandez, P.Morata, M.Rivero, E.de Diego, M.Díaz.
Remote Sens. 2021, Volume 13, Issue 3, 390. January 2021.
“Nueva Infraestructura de Ensayos del Laboratorio de Magnetismo Espacial del INTA”
S.Fernandez, J.de Frutos, E.De Diego, R.Sanz, M.Rivero, M.Diaz.
Encuentro RIA-SpaceTec: Instrumentación astronómica en España.
“Evaluation of a protocol for rapid characterization of the magnetic signature of commercial UAV multicopters as platforms for scientific magnetic surveys”
R.Sanz, S.Fernandez, M.Parrondo, E.De Diego, M.Diaz.
15th Quadrennial Symposium of the International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD)At: Salta, Argentina.
“X-Band microwave modules for both PAZ and RBX novel active radar calibrator system”
A.M. Baquero, L. Ojalvo, D. Madroño, E. De Diego, J.R. Larrañaga.
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Québec, Canada 2014.
“INTA’S novel active radar ground calibrator system for both PAZ and RBX”
L. Ojalvo, A.M. Baquero, D. Madroño, P. Aguilar, P. Cifuentes, E. De Diego, J.R. Larrañaga, S. Sánchez.
European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, Berlin, Germany 2014.
“EPOD: Jammer de bajo consumo y coste para UAS y aviones blanco”
P. López, R. Fernández, E. de Diego, D. Poyatos, D. Escot, I. Bravo.
National Congress of R & D in Defense and Security, Madrid, Spain 2013
“Identificación no cooperativa de blancos reales aéreos mediante radar utilizando una base de datos sintética y descomposición en valores singulares”
E. de Diego, J. Jiménez, J. Galindo, P.López, R. Fernández, D. Poyatos.
National Congress of R & D in Defense and Security, Madrid, Spain 2013.
“Application of a spherical multi-purpose facility to the selection of the appropriate radome for an on-board POD antenna”
D. Poyatos, D. Escot. E. de Diego.
Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium. Marrakech, Morocco 2011.
“Synthetic high resolution radar for target identification”
Pilar González-Blanco, E. Millán, E. de Diego, B. Errasti, I. Montiel IET.
International Radar Conference, Guilin, China, 2009. Marrakech, Morocco 2011.
"Stepped-frequency waveform radar demonstrator and its jamming"
Pilar González-Blanco, E. Millán, E. de Diego, B. Errasti, I. Montiel IET.
International Waveform Diversity and Design Conference, Orlando, USA, 2009.
"FASCRO code and the synthetic database generation problem"
I. Montiel, D. Poyatos, I. González, D. Escot, C. García, E. de Diego.
SET-080 NATO-RTO ymposium on Target Identification and Recognition using RF systems, Oslo, Norway, 2004.
"Medidas de RCS para validación de software de predicción"
C. García, I. González, E. de Diego, I. Montiel, D. Poyatos.
Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, 2002.
Patent
“Dispositivo para aviones blanco no tripulados”
E. De Diego.
Number of patent:
P201031422
24th of September of 2010.
Imparted Courses and Conferences
“Curso de formación para la implantación del Sistema INTA DIANA en el Escuadrón Horus de la Fuerza Aérea Brasileña”
Brazil 2014.
“Guerra electrónica. Cargas útiles en UAS” at Master of RPAs
Huelva University 2015 to 2017.
“Guerra electrónica. Cargas útiles en UAS” at Master of UAVs
IXTITUTE, Spanish Technologies Institute, 2014 and 2015.
“Guerra electrónica. Cargas útiles en UAS” at Master flight test UPM/ETSIA
Aeronautic School of Polytechnic University of Madrid, 2013 and 2014.
“Jammer de bajo consumo y coste para uas y aviones blanco”
Telecommunication School of Polytechnic University of Madrid, 2013.
“Tecnología de sistemas embarcados en aviones no tripulados (UAS). Guerra electrónica”
Official College of Aeronautical Engineering, 2012.
“Microcontroladores PIC”
INTA, 2009 y 2012.
Other Skills and Competences
PER (Pleasure Boat Skipper) with license navigation sailing, 2014
