Baku, Azerbaijan · Satellite operations

Elnur Ahmadzade

Satellite Engineer

I work on Command & Data Handling, telemetry and flight software at Azercosmos, Azerbaijan's national space agency. I share the code and experience I've gained in this field.

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01 — About

Elnur Ahmadzade

Measurement and control systems, satellite and control systems, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and more.

Day to day I watch real-time telemetry, diagnose faults in a structured way, and keep systems reliable. Here I share my skills and experience.

Languages

Python
SQL
JavaScript
React
MATLAB
Tcl/Tk

ML / Data

Pandas
NumPy
scikit-learn
TensorFlow / Keras
PyTorch
Matplotlib
Seaborn

Space & Industrial

CDH
TCR
Flight Software
DCS/SCADA
PLC
DAQ

Protocols

MQTT
Modbus
CAN
Signal processing
Git

02 — Experience

  1. Nov 2023 — Present

    Baku, Azerbaijan

    Satellite Engineer

    Azercosmos — National Space Agency of Azerbaijan

    • Own Command & Data Handling (CDH), Telemetry & Command Receiver (TCR) and Flight Software (FSW) for satellite operations.
    • Monitor and analyse real-time satellite telemetry for system health and anomaly detection with structured fault diagnosis.
    • Support mission planning and subsystem reliability under high-availability requirements.
    • Work on embedded software and electronics in space-qualified environments with rigorous documentation and compliance.
  2. Sept 2023 — Oct 2023

    Baku, Azerbaijan

    Machine Learning Engineer (Project-Based)

    QSS Analytics — Data Scientist Academy

    • Developed and optimised object detection models for disease identification in medical imaging using CNNs and computer vision.
    • Handled preprocessing, training and evaluation with ROC-AUC, precision-recall and confusion matrix analysis.
  3. Jan 2023 — May 2023

    Baku, Azerbaijan

    Instrumentation & Control Engineer (Internship)

    SOCAR Downstream

    • Worked with DCS, ESD and F&G control systems during commissioning of a new oil processing facility.
    • Ran Central Control Room operations: live process parameters, DCS displays, alarm management, operator interfaces.
    • Performed sensor calibration, signal conditioning and field instrumentation maintenance across control loops.
    • Troubleshot DCS/SCADA instrumentation and automation faults to minimise unplanned downtime.

03 — Selected projects

PDM-01

ML Predictive Maintenance for Real-Time Measurement

MSc graduation work (score 95): machine learning models for process optimisation and predictive maintenance in real-time measurement systems.

scikit-learn
Feature engineering
Signal processing

MED-CV

Medical Imaging Disease Detection

CNN-based object detection pipeline for disease identification in medical imagery, evaluated with ROC-AUC and precision-recall.

TensorFlow
CNN
Computer vision

ORBITAL

Orbital Learning Intranet

Project-based engineering learning platform with an automated code checker, peer review and mentor queues for aerospace and embedded tracks.

React
TypeScript
PostgreSQL

04 — Education & training

2023 — 2025

MSc, Computer-based Information Measurement Technologies

Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University

GPA 92/100 · Thesis: ML-Based Predictive Maintenance for Process Optimization (95)

2019 — 2023

BSc, Instrumentation Engineering

Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University

GPA 84/100 · Thesis: Application of AI in Instrumentation and Controlling (96)

2024 — 2025

Data Science (Scholarship)

Turing Academy

ML/DL modelling, statistics, SQL, anomaly detection

2026

GenAI — Certificate of Completion

Holberton School Baku

LLM applications, RAG and workflow automation

Languages — Azerbaijani (native) · Turkish (highly proficient) · English (highly proficient)

05 — Contact

Open to work on satellite operations, flight software and applied machine learning.