Salvatore Meraglia

Gnc Engineer @Astroscale

Oxford, GB

Responsible for the end-to-end development and validation of Guidance, Navigation and Control solutions for In-Orbit Servicing missions, with focus on proximity operations and docking- Designed and implemented advanced relative and absolute navigation filters, improving estimation accuracy, robustness and close-range performance- Developed optimal guidance and control solutions for rendezvous and docking, increasing tracking performance and stability margins compared to initial baselines- Served as technical reference within the Close Proximity domain at algorithmic and system level, supporting mission-critical trade-offs and FDIR strategy definition- Acted as primary interface between GNC and Computer Vision teams, defining cross-domain requirements and modelling GNC–CV coupling for realistic sensor-to-algorithm interaction- Optimized and tuned ACS controllers across nominal attitude control modes, enhancing pointing precision, robustness and onboard computational efficiency- Contributed to the transition from prototype algorithms to flight-ready embedded software, optimizing execution time and memory footprint while ensuring compliance with aerospace standards- Improved high-fidelity simulation environments and Monte Carlo validation architectures, enabling quantitative verification of mission performance and margins- Designed hardware and software FDIR solutions, including onboard consistency monitoring and fault-tolerant control strategies for off-nominal scenarios- Authored technical documentation for internal design reviews and customer-facing milestones.

Politecnico di Milano

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering

Politecnico di Milano

Bachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace Engineering

Politecnico di Milano

Master of Science - MS, Space Engineering