DR. OLIVIA BORGUE
Profile:
10+ years of engineering experience in high-reliability environments — mostly in spacecraft systems, but also nuclear R&D and Antarctic operations. Specialist in designing robust, miniaturized systems for extreme conditions, led microgravity hardware development at Yuri and OffWorld, and contributed to ISO standardization. At Exobiosphere, Olivia leads the engineering department and provides technical and strategic technology leadership, guiding the roadmap for payload development.
Work History:
2024 - Current: Exobiosphere, Luxembourg Co‑Founder & Director of Engineering
Payloads technical lead. Strategic technology leadership, technology road mapping, contract negotiations.
2023 - 2024: OffWorld EUHead of Engineering
Engineering design and manufacturing lead for lunar cryogenic microwave-based volatiles extraction, and volatiles condensation systems.
2023 - 2024: Yuri G.m.b.H., LuxembourgMicrogravity Systems Engineer and Strategy Consultant
Company’s strategy development. Conceptual design of Science Taxy BioForge.
2022 - 2023: Yuri G.m.b.H., LuxembourgTechnical Lead & Manager
Technical design and management of ScienceTaxi BioSpin and ScienceShells from PDR to CDR.
2021 - 2023: University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Research Associate
Post doctoral researcher in miniaturized satellite systems
2017 - 2021: Chalmers University of Technology, SwedenPhD Candidate
Systems Engineer in five space systems: Satellite antenna (RUAG), satellite fluid management system (OHB), Prometheus rocket engine (ESA/GKN) turbine manifold, high power electric hall thruster (SITAEL).
2015 - 2016: Carlini Antarctic Station, Antarctica Antarctic Laboratory Lead
Electronics laboratory lead and mechanical engineer, technical support to Antarctic scientific projects, polar expeditions.
2013 - 2015: National Commission of Atomic Energy, ArgentinaNuclear R&D Engineer
Design, development, manufacturing and testing of uranium enrichment devices based on high-power lasers.
EDUcation:
2017 - 2022: Chalmers University of Technology, SwedenPhD, Space Systems Engineering
2009 - 2011: Halmstad University, SwedenM.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
2008 - 2013: Balseiro Institute, Argentina Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering
honors and awards:
2023, "Innovator Under 35 - Europe" award, MIT Technology Review. 2023; "50 Rising Stars in ESG" - Women of the Future 2022; "20 under 35" Future leaders to watch award Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) 2022; "Young Professional" Award, Women in Aerospace-Europe. 2022.