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James Solberg

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Principal Engineer - Artificial Intelligence at HDT Global
📍 Palatine, Illinois, United States

James Solberg is an innovative engineer with over 17 years of experience in intelligent electromechanical systems. With a PhD in Robotics from Northwestern University, he specializes in AI, perception, and controls, currently leading development for unmanned ground vehicles and manipulator arms at HDT Global.

He was the principal investigator on an NSF grant that developed perception algorithms and sensing hardware for an autonomous underwater robot.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Principal Engineer - Artificial Intelligence
Job Level
Senior
Location
Palatine, Illinois, United States
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Autonomous Navigation
Develops advanced perception and navigation software for unmanned ground vehicles (Hunter WOLF) and previously developed autonomous functionality for marine vessels.
Robotic Perception
Holds a patent for an electrosense system for object detection and has deep expertise in sensor fusion for localization and mapping.
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Career

Work history

4-2018
Principal Engineer - Artificial Intelligence
HDT Global
2-2016 - 4-2018
Staff Engineer - Technical Advisor
Brunswick Corporation
6-2008 - 2-2016
Sr Controls Engineer
Kinea Design, LLC / HDT Robotics, Inc
1-2008 - 6-2008
Physicist
Northrop Grumman
9-2003 - 12-2007
Researcher
Northwestern University - Laboratory for Intelligent Mechanical Systems
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Education
2003 - 2007
PhD
Northwestern University
2000 - 2000
Master
University of Sydney
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