Raymond Bjorkman

Raymond Bjorkman is a robotics engineer who currently works for Viam. Raymond has also worked as a mechanical engineer for RedShift Systems Corporation and as a controls engineer for Dynamo Micropower.

Bjorkman graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in mechanical engineering. Raymond then went on to work for RedShift Systems Corporation, where they developed an instrument to aid in pharmaceutical discovery using laser spectroscopy and microfluidics. Raymond also designed and fabricated a low voltage electrical system to integrate the PLC, power electronics, and mechanical hardware into a cohesive control system.

After RedShift Systems Corporation, Bjorkman worked for Dynamo Micropower as a controls engineer. Raymond collaborated in a team of five engineers to bring two innovative gas turbine products to market as a sustainable distributed power solution for the oil and gas industry. Raymond also wrote and maintained code base for engine controls, using a Danfoss PLC as a platform. In addition, they engineered a robust 6kW load bank using Arduino code and circuitry for use as custom test equipment.

Bjorkman has always been interested in robotics and has been working in the field for the past 10 months. Raymond is currently working on motion planning for quadrotors as part of the Kumar Robotics group within the GRASP Lab.

Raymond Bjorkman is currently pursuing a Masters of Science in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, which they are expected to complete in 2021. Prior to this, they completed a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University in 2015, where they were involved in several extracurricular activities, including Tufts Hybrid Racing, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Tufts Mountain Club, and WMFO Tufts Freeform Radio. Raymond Bjorkman's educational journey began at Hamden High School, where they graduated in 2011.