Max Petrozzi Ilstad

Max is currently working as an expert in Spacecraft Verification and Testing activities at the European Space Agency. She has 20+ years of an international career in Space, with and for small and large companies and governmental organisations, including the European Commission. She held roles as CTO, Chief Engineer, Director of Engineering, Systems Engineering Department Head, Satellite Environmental Test Director, Engineering Manager, Payload Manager, R&D engineer, spacecraft design, and test engineer. Max has experience over the entire Spacecraft project life cycle: from requirements definition to operations and has extensive hands-on experience with the testing of Spacecrafts in clean rooms, and including leading 30 test engineers for Spacecraft environmental testing.