Elling Diesen

Elling Diesen has an extensive work experience in the electronics engineering field. Elling began their career at Arrow Electronics as a Field Application Engineer from February 1995 to September 1998. Elling then moved on to Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, where they worked as a Hardware Designer, specializing in analog and digital circuit design, analog simulation, schematic capture, and PCB layout. Elling was also involved in CPLD design and assembly programming during their time there, from September 1998 to September 2001.

Following their role at Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, Elling joined VMETRO as a Hardware Designer. In this position, they focused on the specification, implementation, verification, and documentation of FPGA function blocks. Elling also worked on the development of PCI-X and PCIe protocol checkers and bus exercisers. Additionally, they were responsible for low-level FPGA design, including floor-planning and manual place and route for performance optimization. Elling worked at VMETRO from September 2001 to February 2007.

After VMETRO, Elling joined Idex asa as a Hardware Designer, working on hardware design projects. Elling was responsible for various tasks related to circuit design, simulation, and PCB layout. Elling worked at Idex asa from February 2007 to April 2008.

In 2008, Elling joined Data Respons as a Senior Development Engineer, contributing to the development of embedded software, hardware, and FPGA designs. Elling held this role until May 2012 when they were promoted to R&D Manager at Data Respons' Asker office. As R&D Manager, they played a key role in restructuring and rebuilding the department, recruiting new team members, and securing new contracts. Under their leadership, the department regained profitability within eight months. Elling held this position until April 2014.

After Data Respons, Elling joined 1X as a Robot Maker! from March 2017 to June 2019. Elling then became the VP Engineering at 1X from July 2019 to June 2021, overseeing engineering operations within the company. Currently, they hold the position of Senior Electronics Engineer at 1X, starting from July 2021.

Elling Diesen obtained a Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from the Norwegian School of Information Technology from 1994 to 1997. Following this, they pursued a Master of Science in Electronics and Computer Technology with a specialization in Microelectronics at the University of Oslo (UiO) from 2006 to 2010.