Joakim Tønnesen
Senior Product Manager at Autronica Fire and Security AS
Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolJoakim Tønnesen is a Senior Product Manager with a decade of experience building digital solutions for industrial safety, currently leading remote connectivity and predictive maintenance initiatives at Autronica Fire & Security. He combines an engineering background in cybernetics and embedded IoT experience from Nordic Semiconductor with business and strategy studies at NTNU to bridge technical depth and product strategy. Joakim has hands-on experience integrating nRF Cloud functionality and optimizing low-power IoT behavior (eDRX, PSM, IPv6), enabling practical remote monitoring for safety-critical systems. He thrives translating complex safety and operational challenges into pragmatic, data-driven products that improve lifecycle management and operator usability. Known for aligning cross-functional teams around clear, measurable outcomes, he prioritizes digitalization that delivers real operational value in critical environments.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Sør-Trøndelag University College (HiST)Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian, English
Github Skills (14)
mqtt10
iot10
embedded10
zephyr-rtos10
c-programming10
nrf-connect-sdk10
sys10
iot-devkit10
mqttnet10
networking9
ipv69
network9
net9
json8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nrfconnect/sdk-nrf
Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
nRF Connect SDK main repository
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:37 commits, 12 PRs, 1 push in 9 months
Contributions summary:Joakim primarily contributed to the nRF Connect SDK, focusing on the integration and development of nRF Cloud functionality. Their work involved adding and integrating libraries like cJSON, essential for nRF Cloud communication. They enhanced the nRF Cloud library with features like IPv6 support, client ID generation, and the ability to receive and process data from the cloud, including LED control. The user also made significant improvements to power optimization, including enabling eDRX and PSM modes, which are critical for IoT devices.
nrf-connect-sdk
joakimtoe/fw-nrfconnect-nrf
Jan 2019 - Feb 2020
nRF Connect SDK nrf tree
Contributions:4 releases, 12 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 1 month
nrf-connect-sdk
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