Frank Sem-jacobsen
System Engineer at Space Norway
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolFrank Sem-jacobsen is a systems engineer with 12+ years of experience applying research-grade rigor to satellite operations, high-performance networking, and resilient software systems. He has a PhD in datacentre networks and a strong track record designing and operating highly automated satellite control centers and tasking systems using Python, Django, numpy/scipy and React. His background spans orbital mechanics, fault-tolerant routing for InfiniBand and NoC research, and hands-on satellite debugging and data analysis for Norwegian microsatellites. As lead developer and project manager he bridges system architecture, testing, and delivery—turning academic insights into production-ready control and planning tools. Outside work he channels the same experimental mindset into robotics, RC aircraft automation and ham radio, reflecting a pragmatic maker approach to complex problems.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
M.sc., computer science, communication, M.sc., computer science, communication at University of Oslo
Norwegian, English
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Github Skills (55)
python10
mqtt10
garden10
internet-of-things10
asyncio10
iot10
automation10
privacy10
jekyll10
home-assistant10
raspberry-pi10
home-automation10
addon10
java9
raspberry9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
airsports-no/airsportslivetracking
Jan 2024 - Apr 2025
Air Sports Live Tracking
Contributions:1 review, 10 PRs, 285 pushes in 1 year 3 months
kolaf/live_tracking
Sep 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:255 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
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