Gene Fujii

Gene joined Astroscale in November of 2019 as Chief Engineer. In this role he leads an engineering team with staff in Japan, the UK and the US and is responsible for ensuring high quality aerospace engineering practices are followed across all company programs.

Gene has over 25 years of experience in technology management in the commercial space industry. Prior to joining Astroscale, Gene was vice president of the space segment group at ORBCOMM where he oversaw the development, test, launch, in-orbit checkout, and on-orbit operations of a constellation of small communication satellites from multiple manufacturers. Before ORBCOMM, he was a senior principal systems engineer at Orbital Sciences Corp working on the design, test, and deployment of several small commercial LEO and GEO satellites and launch vehicles.

Gene received his MSc in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Washington and a BSc in Aerospace Engineering from Boston University. He also received an MSc in Space Studies from the International Space University.