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
Jan Witte
Propulsion & Launch Vehicle Engineer
Atilla Öztürk
Production Manager
Andrea De Pace
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
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
Project Manager | Launch Licensing Manager
Richard Blaha
FTS engineer
Harald Roth
Mechanic
Corinna Gartner
Team Assistant
Alberto Mariani
Propulsion Engineer
Erdal Akdogan
Mechanic
Peter Weiß
Technical Designer
Alexandru Mitrache
Senior System Engineer
Alessandro Staffolani
Fluid Engineer - GSE
Andrey Slukhov
Test Bench and Design Engineer
Pedro Neto
Structural Engineer
Michele Spirolazzi
Propulsion Engineer - Trainee
Luís Ferreira
Structural Engineer - Trainee