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Alexander Johansen

Head of Robotics at wheel.me

Alexander Johansen's work experience begins in 2013 where they worked as a Teaching Assistant at Akademiet Norge, Akademiet videregående skole. Alexander then joined Forsvaret - Norwegian Armed Forces in 2014, where they served as a Non-Commissioned Officer for a year, specializing as a ranger and teaching skills in group dynamics, leadership, and education.

In 2016, Alexander had a Summer Internship at Espos AS before joining the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) as a Teaching Assistant. Alexander served in this role from August to December 2016, and then again from January to June 2017. Alexander continued their work as a Teaching Assistant at NTNU from July to December 2017.

In 2018, Alexander joined KONGSBERG as a Project Manager. Alexander'sresponsibilities included organizing and supervising a team of 11 summer interns in rebuilding a jet ski into an Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV). Alexander also worked on control and dynamical route planning by combining terrain data with sensor inputs.

In 2020, Alexander joined Appear as an R&D Engineer. Alexander worked in this position until October 2021. After that, Alexander joined wheel.me and held multiple roles. Alexander started as a Robotics Engineer from October to November 2021, then became the Lead Robotic Algorithm Engineer from November 2021 to July 2022. Currently, they hold the position of Head of Robotics at wheel.me, starting from July 2022.

Overall, Alexander Johansen has a diverse range of work experience in robotics, research and development, project management, teaching, and military service.

Alexander Johansen completed their Master's degree in Cybernetics and Robotics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) from 2015 to 2020. In 2020, they pursued a Master's thesis in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at ETH Zürich. Additionally, from 2018 to 2019, they attended EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) and obtained a Master of Science (MS) degree. Prior to these academic endeavors, they studied at Akademiet Videregående Skole from 2011 to 2014, although the specific degree and field of study are unknown.

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Timeline

  • Head of Robotics

    July, 2022 - present

  • Lead Robotic Algorithm Engineer

    November, 2021

  • Robotics Engineer

    October, 2021