Edoardo Ferrante
Global Senior Innovation Project Manager
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CubeSAR is a pioneering initiative redefining how we observe, analyze, and understand our planet.
It envisions a constellation of intelligent Cubesats capable of sensing, learning, and cooperating in orbit. Built upon cognitive and distributed architectures, CubeSAR represents a radical evolution from traditional satellite missions.
CubeSAR embodies a new generation of space missions: flexible, resilient, and sustainable. Each module is designed to be upgradable in orbit, progressively integrating distributed intelligence and cognitive algorithms.
- CubeSAR delivers ultra-high-resolution imagery anytime, anywhere, day or night, in any weather, thanks to advanced SAR payloads.
- Unlike traditional missions, CubeSAR’s satellite formations work as one, sharing data and processing resources through optical inter-satellite links and federated learning algorithms. Each cluster of satellites acts as a “collective radar”, continuously monitoring the planet’s most sensitive areas.
- From infrastructure monitoring to climate-risk management, maritime surveillance, and precision agriculture, CubeSAR offers a strategic edge for diverse applications worldwide.
Beyond technology, CubeSAR is a human endeavor, a place where engineers, physicists, data scientists, and AI specialists collaborate to expand the frontiers of innovation.
Joining CubeSAR means contributing to a bold mission: building the world’s first cooperative cognitive SAR constellation, where research meets enterprise and every idea helps shape the intelligence of tomorrow’s space systems.
Are you a curious mind and a passionate innovator with expertise in space systems, machine learning, electronics, communications, software engineering, or mission design?
RINA is currently recruiting for a Principal Satellite System Engineer to join its office in ROME within the Electronics and System Engineering Division: apply now.
RINA is currently recruiting for a Principal SAR System Engineer to join its office in ROME within the Electronics and System Engineering Division: apply now.
Global Senior Innovation Project Manager
BIO
Edoardo Ferrante, Mechanical Engineer and EMBA candidate, brings 8 years of experience in engineering consulting across startups and corporate environments. Currently Senior Global Innovation Manager at RINA, he leads strategic projects driving technological innovation worldwide.
Mediterranean and Africa Commercial Management Director
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Matteo Gandetto, PhD in Distributed Cognitive Systems, has 20 years of experience in consulting for the Aerospace and Defense market. Currently Commercial Management Director at RINA, he drives strategic initiatives for steel and manufacturing clients, combining innovation and business growth.