Summary
Joakim Skjefstad is a versatile senior engineer with 12 years of experience blending software, hardware and marine research to support oceanographic operations from shore and aboard research vessels. Currently at the Institute of Marine Research he splits time between office systems and research cruises, maintaining vessel chart-plotters, developing mission tools, and contributing to AUV/USV projects. A generalist by trade, he founded and runs a consulting and aquaculture practice, bringing hands-on experience in RAS operation, live-animal logistics and niche product commercialization. Comfortable across embedded systems, automation and scripting, he has a track record of building practical tooling that becomes standard practice. Based in Bergen, Joakim pairs a technical MSc in Technical Cybernetics with an unusual combination of sea-faring fieldwork and full-stack tinkering — a “use me in any dish” engineer who thrives where software meets hardware and the ocean.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Nanyang Technological University
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian, English, German