Mårten Svanfeldt
Principal Engineer at ACTIA Sweden
Linköping, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolMårten Svanfeldt is a Principal Engineer with 23 years of experience architecting vertically integrated embedded systems, spanning PCBA, IC/FPGA design, firmware and deployed software. He co-founded Newton Nordic and led development of industry‑leading stabilized camera systems and heavy‑lift drone solutions used on major film and broadcast productions, evidencing rare end‑to‑end product ownership from prototype to global customers. Comfortable both as a hands‑on engineer and technical leader, he has deep expertise in motor drivers, IMU/AHRS, real‑time control and custom electronics. Owner of Blue Carrot AB and now leading engineering at ACTIA Sweden, he blends startup agility with proven enterprise delivery. A physicist‑trained engineer (MSc) who has ported and optimized high‑performance simulation code earlier in his career, he brings a pragmatic systems mindset and an unusual combination of cinematic hardware experience and low‑level software craft.
23 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Natural Science Program, Natural Science Program at High school, AtvidabergMSc Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, MSc Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering at Linköping UniversityElectrical engineering, Electrical engineering at National Tsing Hua University
Github Skills (42)
embedded10
operating-system10
apache9
libgit29
git-addons9
microcontroller9
freertos9
publish9
mercurial9
shell9
version-control9
imx69
git-client8
delta8
procedure8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
thebolt/dotfiles
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
thebolt/bpak
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
Bitpacker
Contributions:11 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years
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