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Research Scientist

  • Advanced Academic Research: Served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, specializing in Underwater Robotics. Developed multi-agent motion control systems and neuro-symbolic Agentic AI architectures (UROSA, AURA) to enable autonomous reasoning in underwater environments.
  • Extensive R&D Experience: Specializing in robotics motion control, manipulator software development, and industrial applications for both onshore and offshore environments.
  • Passionate: Enjoy working on hands-on projects with team-oriented environments.

Research Interests

Autonomy, multi-agent systems, reasoning, robotics, optimization, and computational neuroscience.

Professional Experience

  • Researcher Scientist in Simulation Technology: FFI (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment), Norway, (from Jan 2026)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher in Underwater Robotics: Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, Edinburgh, (Sep 2023 - Dec 2025)
  • Senior Software Engineer - Robotics: YASKAWA Robotics Europe, Germany, (Mar 2023 - Sep 2023)
  • Founder: Buchholz Robotics, Norway, (Jul 2020 - Sep 2023)
  • Senior Robotics Engineer: Zivid, Norway, (Mar 2022 - Sep 2022)
  • Principal Software Engineer: Canrig Robotic Technologies, Norway, (Jan 2018 - Jul 2020)
  • R&D Senior Engineer - Motion Control: ABB Robotics, Norway, (Mar 2014 - Dec 2017)
  • Senior Engineer - Subsea Control Systems: Equinor (Statoil), Norway, (Mar 2012 - Feb 2014)
  • R&D Senior Engineer - Ship Electrical Power Systems: Rolls-Royce, Norway, (Jan 2011 - Feb 2012)
  • Lead Engineer - Subsea Control Systems: General Electric, Norway, (Apr 2008 - Dec 2010)
  • Electrical Engineer (Shipyard): Rysjedal Elektro AS, Norway, (Apr 2006 - Dec 2007)

Tools and Technologies

Pinned Loading

  1. Model-Predictive-Control-in-Cpp Model-Predictive-Control-in-Cpp Public

    C++ 13 3

  2. gazebosim_blueboat_ardupilot_sitl gazebosim_blueboat_ardupilot_sitl Public

    C++ 8 6

  3. marine-robotics-sim-framework marine-robotics-sim-framework Public

    C++ 6 1

  4. urosa_underwater_autonomy urosa_underwater_autonomy Public

    Python 4