Bruno Lucas

Bruno Lucas has a diverse work experience spanning over several companies and roles. Bruno started their career as a Trainee/Estagiário at INETI in 2004. From 2004 to 2006, they worked as a Bolseiro de Investigação/Research Scholarship at FCT/UNL, where they also served as a Teaching Assistant. Bruno then joined LNEC as Bolseiro de Investigação/Research Scholarship, where they worked on parallel simulation models and GRID computing.

In 2007, Bruno joined DEIMOS Engenharia as a Project Engineer, specializing in projects related to SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) data processing. Bruno later took on the role of Project Engineer (SMOS Data Viewer) and Project Engineer (SMOS L1PP), where they worked on the visualization and processing of SMOS products respectively.

In 2009, Bruno joined the European Space Agency as a Software Engineer, specializing in the R&D Altimetry Team. Bruno was involved in all phases of the project life-cycle and worked closely with institutional partners, industry, and universities.

Bruno then joined HE Space Operations in 2015 as a Data Processing Engineer at EUMETSAT. Bruno worked on the Sentinel-3 (S3) PDGS team and was responsible for the overall data processing of Sentinel-3 instruments. Bruno also provided support for the Mission Performance Monitoring Facility (MPMF) and was involved in the Cal/Val activities of Sentinel-3.

Most recently, Bruno worked as a Remote Sensing Scientist (Altimetry) at EUMETSAT since March 2019. Bruno was involved in projects such as the Sentinel-3 Surface Topography Mission (STM) and Jason-3. Bruno also gained experience in Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 and daily follow-up of Sentinel-3 operations. Bruno's work involved interaction with partner agencies.

Bruno Lucas attended Universidade Nova de Lisboa from 1999 to 2005, where they pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. Following that, they continued their education at the same institution and obtained a postgraduate degree in Computer Science from 2005 to 2007.