Summary
Erik Sjoberg is a Principal Engineer with 13 years of systems-level R&D experience building complex electro-mechanical and robotic products across startups and global enterprises. He combines hands-on prototyping, experiment design, and statistical modelling to make informed decisions under uncertainty and drive cross-disciplinary teams toward validated system-level solutions. At Ascent Robotics he led behavior AI for self-driving vehicles and orchestrated a 20+ person multi-year OEM partnership; at HP he solved system defects across hardware, firmware, silicon and manufacturing for high-volume products. Fluent in English, Japanese, and Python, Erik routinely invests 20–60 hours per month in self-directed learning and contributes to the Python open-source community. He has a Carnegie Mellon robotics master’s, a UW mechanical engineering BS, and a knack for translating messy cross-cultural requirements into focused deliverables that prioritize customer and business value.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 3.7, Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 3.7 at University of Washington
Master’s Degree, School of Computer Science: Robotic Systems Development, Master’s Degree, School of Computer Science: Robotic Systems Development at Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering at Aoyama Gakuin University
English, Japanese, Chinese