Paal Thorseth
Senior Robotics Controls Engineer at 1X
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolPaal Thorseth is a Senior Robotics Controls Engineer based in Oslo with eight years of experience designing real-time control, estimation, and planning systems for legged and autonomous platforms. Trained in Cybernetics & Robotics at NTNU with an exchange at MIT, he combines strong applied mathematics and optimal control instincts with hands-on product delivery at 1X Technologies, where he develops safe, robust locomotion for androids. He founded Njord to foster student-built autonomous vessels, demonstrating a knack for translating academic robotics into competition-grade systems and community building. Prior roles at Posten Norge and DNV GL reflect an ability to evaluate emerging robotics technologies in industrial contexts, while teaching calculus at NTNU highlights his aptitude for clear technical communication. Notably, he blends research-level control expertise with practical IoT and digital-twin experience from industry internships, making him effective across simulation, hardware, and field deployment.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitetExchange, Robotics - Autonomous Systems, Exchange, Robotics - Autonomous Systems at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGeneral Studies, General Studies at Ulstein Videregåande Skule
Norwegian, English
Github Skills (23)
low-level9
robot9
urdf8
dynamics8
hardware8
robotics8
simulation8
kinematics7
casadi7
analytical7
code-generation7
ros7
motion-planning7
automatic-differentiation6
python6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Pathorse/TTK4145-Real-Time-Programming
Jan 2019 - Feb 2020
Contributions:51 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 1 month
magnarok49/testHeisLab
Jan 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:74 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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