Mohd Bilal
Research assistant in space engineering and onboard satellite processing
Munich, Germany
Joined February 2026
Summary
Specialist in onboard satellite image processing and remote sensing pipelines, particularly for small-satellite platforms (SeRANIS/ATHENE-1) working on MWIR target detection, cloud detection, and efficient onboard algorithms. spie+2
Academic researcher with publications in satellite control, formation flying, and signal/processing topics—demonstrated by peer-reviewed work on SDRE control and conference contributions at IAC/IAF and SPIE. sciencedirect+2
Practitioner-developer with embedded software and open-source involvement, contributing to a Python onboard-software project (py-obsw) and maintaining code on GitHub, reflecting a blend of software engineering and space systems work. pypi+1
International space engineering education background spanning institutions in Europe and India, including a Joint European Masters and an MSc in astronautics, providing multidisciplinary grounding in space science and engineering. rocketreach+1
Work
Education
Projects
Writing
On-board detection of fast-moving targets using an MWIR sensor on a small satellite
November 1, 2024Paper describing methods for hot-spot detection, radiance thresholding, and filtering of static hot spots for detecting fast-moving targets (e.g., hypersonic glide vehicles) using an MWIR sensor on the SeRANIS experimental satellite; includes synthetic dataset generation for validation.
Experiment Setup for an Airborne GNSS-Reflectometry Experiment
January 1, 2022Conference contribution describing the experimental setup and processing methods for airborne GNSS-reflectometry experiments (IAF/IAC listing shows Mohd Bilal as a co-author).
SDRE Control with Nonlinear J2 Perturbations for Nanosatellite Formation Flying
January 1, 2019Research on state-dependent Riccati equation (SDRE) control applied to nanosatellite formation flying accounting for nonlinear J2 perturbations.