Daniel Gunnarsson

Daniel Gunnarsson started their work experience as a Phd student at Linköpings universitet in March 2007 and completed this role in October 2008. Daniel then worked as a Design Engineer at Väderstad AB from November 2008 to October 2010, where they focused on hydraulic, pneumatic, and electronic systems in the production of heavy seeding and cultivation equipment.

In October 2010, Daniel joined Toyota Material Handling Europe as a Simulation Engineer, specializing in the use of Multi-Body Dynamics capabilities in ADAMS for forklift simulations. Daniel also performed co-simulations with MatLab for the Multi-Domain parts and control systems.

From June 2011 to August 2012, Daniel held the position of Multi Body Dynamics Engineer at FS Dynamics.

In June 2011, Daniel joined Volvo Cars as a CAE Engineer Brake Performance, focusing on the development of brake simulation software, NVH, thermal, and fatigue analysis of components. Daniel also contributed to method development for brake dyno and automated evaluation of brake tests.

In January 2015, Daniel transitioned to the role of Analysis Engineer Active Safety/Autonomous Drive at Volvo Cars. In this position, they were responsible for the development and testing of Active Safety functions/Autonomous Drive. Daniel also played a role in method development for more efficient evaluation and development of new functionality.

Shortly after, they took on the role of Software Developer @Vehicle state at Volvo Cars from September 2018 to September 2019.

In September 2019, Daniel moved to the position of Software Developer @Emerging Tech, where they remained until May 2022.

Most recently, in May 2022, Daniel became a Software Developer at Plejd, where they currently work.

Daniel Gunnarsson holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Linköping University.