Meet the team

Mario Kobald
Chief Executive Officer
Mario received his PhD in Aerospace engineering from University of Stuttgart in 2015 and diploma in 2010.
Since 2010 he was working at the DLR Institute of Space Propulsion and restarted the activities on hybrid rocket propulsion and advanced hybrid rocket fuels. There, he is leading the hybrid propulsion research group.
From 2012 till 2016 he was project manager of the HyEnD hybrid sounding rocket project at University of Stuttgart.
He is leading HyImpulse as CEO with his long experience in project management, international network, knowledge in hybrid propulsion and sounding rockets.

Christian Schmierer
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Christian earned a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from University of Stuttgart in 2019 and diploma in 2013.
Since then he was working at the German Aerospace Center on system analysis of rocket vehicles with a special focus on hybrid rocket systems, sounding rockets, launch vehicles and lunar landers.
Since 2012 he was actively involved in developing, building and launching hybrid sounding rockets at the University of Stuttgart.
At HyImpulse he embraces the role of the co-CEO, supporting the CEO with leading the start-up to develop a smallsat launch vehicle and get into space!

Ulrich Fischer
Chief Technology Officer
Ulrich earned a diploma in aerospace engineering from University of Stuttgart in 2014.
He has been working on hybrid rocket propulsion and rocket lightweight structures since then.
Ulrich is the CTO of HyImpulse, coordinating the technical development of the rockets.

Konstantin Tomilin
Chief Operating Officer
Konstantin earned a diploma in aerospace engineering from University of Stuttgart in 2014.
Working on different rocket systems like recovery systems, hybrid propulsion systems, airframes, he has gained a lot of experience in the field of sounding rockets.
For HyImpulse Konstantin is managing day-to-day operations as COO.

Jérôme Messineo
Project Manager - Hybrid Propulsion

Goutham Karthikeyan
Project Manager - Small Launcher SL1

Jan Witte
Propulsion & Launch Vehicle Engineer

Atilla Öztürk
Production Manager

Max Müller
Turbomachinery & Propulsion Engineer

Andrea De Pace
Launch Vehicle System Engineer

Ferdinand Hertel
Launch Vehicle System Engineer

Davide Corbo
Mission Analysis Engineer

Domenico Mastrovito
Mission Analysis Engineer

Romain Verges
Structural Engineer

Kostas Gliozeris
Avionics Engineer

Aurimas Jankauskas
Recovery System Engineer

Altynay Demeubayeva
Engineering Management Support & Business Development

Christian Neutz
Mechanical Engineer

Katharina Burkhardt
HR Manager

Alex Rutz
Technical Purchasing and Production Controlling

Stefan Bös
Composite Technician

Cedric Schwarzer
Electrical Engineer

Dmytro Maksiuta
Turbomachinery and Propulsion Engineer

Vibha Vasanthakumar
Structural Engineer

Avionics Engineer

Benjamin Vogelman
Avionics Engineer
Rebecca Hoffer
Administration

Vittorio di Pietrantonio
Mechanical / Propulsion Engineer

Jakob Preis
Mechanic

Dominic Gross
Production Engineer

Tommaso Pellegrini
Propulsion Engineer

Dario Senter
Aerospace Engineer

Marc Schwarzbach
FTS engineer

Daniel Ridley
Aerospace Engineer

Michael Vogel
Avionics Engineer

Ruari Brooker
Aerospace Engineer

Paola Breda
Space Licensing and Systems Engineer

Richard Blaha
FTS engineer

Marco Nuber
Mechanic

Harald Roth
Mechanic

Corinna Gartner
Team Assistant

Alberto Mariani
Propulsion Engineer

Erdal Akdogan
Mechanic

Peter Weiß
Technical Designer

Eduardo Coppa
Trainee

Michele Spirolazzi
Trainee