Roles

The SatNOGS project embodies a non-hierarchical approach to project management and development, aligning with self-management principles where volunteers and contributors constantly assume and drop roles and responsibilities based on their interests, skills, and the needs of the project.

Contributors to the SatNOGS project choose their own roles not by assignment, but by aligning their skills, experience, and interests with the tasks that need to be accomplished.

These roles may be limited by time or specific tasks and cease to exist when they are no longer necessary.

Current roles

The table below lists the currently active roles within the SatNOGS project, with each contributor individually maintaining their respective entries.

SatNOGS Project Roles

Role	Description	Name
Cloud services Developer	Designs and develops container images to be used in a container cloud environment	Vasilis Tsiligiannis
Container Engineer	Designs, builds and maintains container images of applications	Nestoras Sdoukos
Django Engineer	Develops and maintains backend code with Python and Django	George Sfoungaris
Django Engineer	Develops and maintains backend code with Python and Django	Alfredos-Panagiotis Damkalis
Documentation Engineer	Develops and maintains the documentation rendering system	Vasilis Tsiligiannis
Ground station Python Developer	Designs and develops software for SatNOGS ground stations	Vasilis Tsiligiannis
Kanban board Coordinator	Oversees and maintains the Kanban issue board to reflect to the current status of the project	Vasilis Tsiligiannis
Linux/OS Engineer	Maintains and develops the customized SatNOGS Raspberry Pi OS image	Vasilis Tsiligiannis
Project Ambassador	Present SatNOGS projects in events using presentations, workshops or booths	Alfredos-Panagiotis Damkalis
Project Champion	Monitors project progress and reports to core members and community	Nestoras Sdoukos
Project Manager	Monitors project progress, coordinates tasks, and ensures milestones are reached in time	Vasilis Tsiligiannis
Release Manager	Prepare and perform releases of the projects	Alfredos-Panagiotis Damkalis
Technical Writer	Creates and manages documentation content	Vasilis Tsiligiannis
UI/UX Engineer	Designs, develops and maintain software interfaces and apps	Nestoras Sdoukos
UI/UX Engineer	Designs, develops and maintain software interfaces and apps	George Sfoungaris
UI/UX Engineer	Designs, develops and maintain software interfaces and apps	Alfredos-Panagiotis Damkalis