Simon Lewis
Business Director, Engineering Group and Manager ESTL
MEng Mechanical Engineering from University of Leeds
Simon Lewis is a mechanical engineer with many years of experience in mechanisms and tribology, mostly relating to spacecraft.
Working first as a researcher on fluid sealing in Cranfield, Simon then joined the National Centre of Tribology (NCT) as a consultant/research engineer, subsequently opting to join the European Space Tribology Laboratory (ESTL), the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) external laboratory and specialise (over 34 years ago) in the challenges of spacecraft mechanisms. Simon has supported many space missions initially as a research and development engineer, latterly as a principal engineer and now as technical director. This has included, initiating and growing a business stream in the design, development and assembly of space mechanisms. He has been manager of ESTL since 2013, responsible for defining and leading execution of a portfolio of tribological R&D activities on behalf of ESA..
Simon has contributed to many space missions, including launchers such as Ariane 5/Vega; Science and Interplanetary missions (e.g. Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, Cassini-Huygens, Mars Express (Beagle II), Rosetta, Bepi-Colombo, Solar Orbiter, Juice); Earth Observation, Telecommunications and Manned Spaceflight activities (International Space Station).
Nowadays, he leads both the space and non-space tribological teams within ESR Technology and Simon has participated in several technology transfer activities involving space tribology expertise applied to terrestrial applications.
Email: simon.lewis@esrtechnology.com
Simon Lewis is a mechanical engineer with many years of experience in mechanisms and tribology, mostly relating to spacecraft.
Working first as a researcher on fluid sealing in Cranfield, Simon then joined the National Centre of Tribology (NCT) as a consultant/research engineer, subsequently opting to join the European Space Tribology Laboratory (ESTL), the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) external laboratory and specialise (over 34 years ago) in the challenges of spacecraft mechanisms. Simon has supported many space missions initially as a research and development engineer, latterly as a principal engineer and now as technical director. This has included, initiating and growing a business stream in the design, development and assembly of space mechanisms. He has been manager of ESTL since 2013, responsible for defining and leading execution of a portfolio of tribological R&D activities on behalf of ESA..
Simon has contributed to many space missions, including launchers such as Ariane 5/Vega; Science and Interplanetary missions (e.g. Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, Cassini-Huygens, Mars Express (Beagle II), Rosetta, Bepi-Colombo, Solar Orbiter, Juice); Earth Observation, Telecommunications and Manned Spaceflight activities (International Space Station).
Nowadays, he leads both the space and non-space tribological teams within ESR Technology and Simon has participated in several technology transfer activities involving space tribology expertise applied to terrestrial applications.
Email: simon.lewis@esrtechnology.com
