Sergio Monteiro

Education

Where I trained

2021 — 2023

Aerospace Engineering, Master's

GPA 9.75 / 10.00

Concentration: Guidance, Navigation, Dynamics & Controls

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University · Daytona Beach, Florida · USA

• Thesis & coursework focused on GNC of aerospace vehicles.
• Top of class in the Dynamics & Controls specialisation.
• Research covered Kalman filtering, trajectory optimisation, and autonomous vehicle control.

2017 — 2021

Aerospace Engineering, Bachelor's

GPA 9.83 / 10.00

Concentration: Astronautics

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University · Prescott, Arizona · USA

• ERAU — #1 US undergraduate aerospace programme.
• Student-athlete; captain of the Men's Soccer team.
• Dean's List every semester; Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi & Sigma Gamma Tau.

Earlier education

2014 — 2017

Bachillerato (Secondary)

IES Emilio Prados · Spain

GPA Honors

2004 — 2014

Primary Education

Rosario Moreno · Spain

Experience

Where I've worked

1. AD

   Avionics Systems Engineer — Eurofighter AJT

   Current

   Sep 2025 — Present

   Airbus Defence & Space · Madrid, Spain

   • FET Team: end-to-end avionics integration across the full Eurofighter platform.
   • TADYC-7: Fighters Communications System Integration.
   • Ownership: requirements, interfaces, and DOORS traceability end-to-end.
   • Joint design: Eurofighter Consortium Partners.
2. SE

   GNC Engineer — SWAT-SHOAL

   Jan 2024 — Jul 2025

   SENER Aerospace & Defence · Seville, Spain

   • Technical lead: Swarm Formation Control & Task Allocation / Resource Management.
   • Advanced formation control: leader–follower, waypoint tracker, virtual-point-based swarm navigation.
   • Collision avoidance: Cost Function & Potential Fields.
   • Swarm reconfiguration: obstacle navigation.
   • Task allocation: battery-aware homing for multi-UUV ops.
   • State estimation: Kalman filtering + time-delay compensation (GNSS-denied).
3. AO

   Aerospace Configuration Management

   Jul 2023 — Dec 2023

   Airbus Operations — Sogeclair Aerospace · Seville, Spain

   • Full change-process lifecycle: A320/A330/A340/A350.
   • TRS/SubTRS coordinator: Wing, Fuel, Auto-flight, Surveillance.
   • Organised: CRRs, Kick-off, Maturity & Decision Boards.

Recognition

Honors & leadership