Appointments:

• 2025-present. Key Scientist, Norwegian Center of Embodied AI, NTNU
• 2021-present. Study Program Coordinator. Master's program in Cybernetics and Robotics, NTNU Department of Engineering Cybernetics
• 2021-2025. Leader of the SFI Autoship Scientific Advisory Committee, NTNU
• 2022. Visiting Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal
• 2021. Head of the Study Program Council, NTNU Department of Engineering Cybernetics
• 2021. Deputy Head of Education, NTNU Department of Engineering Cybernetics
• 2019-2020. Member Board of Directors, WaterLinked AS
• 2018-2022. Project Manager, Nonlinear Autopilot Design fodr Extended Flight Envelopes and Operation of Fixed-Wing UAVs in Extreme Conditions (AutoFly), NFR IKTPLUSS
• 2018-2021. Associate Editor, International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems (ICUAS)
• 2018. Associate Editor at Large, IEEE Conference of Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)
• 2018. Industry Chair, IEEE Conference of Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)
• 2018-2019. Associate Editor, Journal of Ship Research, SNAME
• 2017-2019. Vice President R&D and Co-Founder of ScoutDI AS
• 2017-2019. Associate Editor, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Journal "Control Engineering Practice" (CEP)
• 2016. Vice Chair, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Conference of Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS), Norway
• 2014-2017. Member of the International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems (ICUAS) Steering Committee
• 2013. Otto Mønsted Visiting Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
• 2013-2023. Co-director/Key Scientist, NTNU Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems, Center of Excellence
• 2012-2016. Project Manager, Low-cost Integrated Navigation Systems using Nonlinear Observer Theory, Rolls-Royce Marine, NFR FRINATEK
• 2012-2016. Project Manager, Fault-Tolerant inertial Sensor Fusion for Marine Vessels, Rolls-Royce Marine, NFR MAROFF
• 2008-2012. Head of Automatic Control, NTNU Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures, Center of Excellence
• 2004-2007. Senior Scientific Advisor, SINTEF Electronics and Cybernetics, Trondheim
• 2004-2009. Key Scientist, Strategic University Program (SUP) on Computational Methods in Nonlinear Motion Control
• 2002-2012. Key Scientist, NTNU Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures, Center of Excellence
• 2002-2008. Vice President R&D and Co-Founder of Marine Cybernetics AS
• 2002-2010. Deputy Head, NTNU Department of Engineering Cybernetics
• 2002-2003. Senior Scientific Advisor, Kongsberg Maritime AS
• 2002-2006. Associate Editor of Automatica
• 2002. Visiting Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, UCSD, San Diego, USA
• 2000. Visiting Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCSB, Santa Barbara, USA
• 2000-2002. Project Manager, Control of Offshore Moonpool Crane Operations, NFR-Statoil-Hydro
• 1999-2002. Senior scientific advisor, MARINTEK, Trondheim
• 1999. Visiting Professor, Department of Control Engineering, Aalborg University, Denmark
• 1998-2003. Key Scientist, Strategic University Program (SUP) on Marine Cybernetics
• 1998-2001. Project Manager, Nonlinear Observer Design for GPS/INS Navigation, NFR, Statoil, ABB
• 1998. Chair, International Program Committee of IFAC CAMS'98, Fukuoka, Japan
• 1996-2000. Chair, IEEE Oceanic Engineering and Control Systems Joint Society Chapter of the Norway Section
• 1995. Chair, National Organizing Committee (NOC) of IFAC CAMS'95, Norway
• 1995-2002. Senior Scientific Advisor, ABB
• 1994-1999. Vice Chair, IFAC Technical Committee on Marine Systems
• 1991-1998. Senior Scientific Advisor, SINTEF Automatic Control