Summary
Vegard Hafsund is an FPGA developer based in Oslo with eight years of experience designing MPSoC/FPGA-based embedded systems, specializing in VHDL, vision and signal processing, and high-performance video pipelines. He leverages HLS for hardware acceleration and practices hardware-in-the-loop and functional verification to bring complex algorithms to production-ready hardware. His background spans hands-on roles from apprentice electrician to senior FPGA engineer, giving him practical systems intuition and strong engineering discipline. Vegard pairs MSc-level training in embedded systems and mechatronics with a track record at Inventas and Data Respons, bridging system design, verification, and deployment. Notably, he blends firmware-level expertise with an eye for system integration, making him effective at optimizing real-time video and vision workloads on FPGA platforms.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Summer School Course, A, Summer School Course, A at Aalborg University
Master of Science (MSc), Mechatronics, Thesis: B, Master of Science (MSc), Mechatronics, Thesis: B at University of Agder (UiA)
Master of Science (MSc), Systems Engineering with Embedded systems, Thesis: B, Master of Science (MSc), Systems Engineering with Embedded systems, Thesis: B at University College of Southeast Norway
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Electrical Power Engineering, Bachelor project: B, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Electrical Power Engineering, Bachelor project: B at Telemark University College (HiT)
Norwegian, English