Jacob Fjørstad Hansson

BSc Electronic Systems Engineering

NTNU — Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheim

Most of what I have actually learned sits alongside the coursework — in the student organisations, the makerspace and the vessel projects listed further down.

• Bachelor programme Elektronisk systemingeniør, currently in the third year.
• Coursework across analogue and digital electronics, embedded programming, control theory, numerical methods and statistics.

Scholarship student & assistant paragliding instructor

Folkehøgskolen Nord-NorgeEvenskjer, Norway

A demanding year, and the one that taught me the most about responsibility and discipline. Being accountable for other people's safety in the air changes how you think about preparation.

• Returned for a second year as a stipendiat — part student, part staff.
• Assisted instruction on the paragliding programme and ran ground handling and site logistics for groups of students.
• Acted as the link between the student body and the staff, which meant organising, mediating and being the person who noticed problems early.

Air sports programme

Folkehøgskolen Nord-NorgeEvenskjer, Norway

• A full year of flying — paragliding, speedriding and skydiving.
• Aviation had been a hobby since I was twelve; this is where it became a skill.

Upper secondary — Sciences & Technology

Kuben videregående skoleOslo

Three years surrounded by people who also wanted to build things, which made a very large difference.

• Specialisation in technology and science subjects.
• Became the person the school called when the 3D printers stopped working, and learned printer maintenance properly on their Ultimaker 2.
• Rebuilt a scrapped printer frame into a working watercooled machine with a classmate, using parts the school was throwing out.

Carpentry & construction

Private clientOslo

• Built a full decking installation and fitted a kitchen for a family during my gap year.
• Working to someone else's deadline and someone else's budget, on a thing they had to live with afterwards.

Warehouse operative

ASKOOslo

• Order picking and goods handling at a food distribution warehouse, alongside construction work during the same gap year.

Co-founder — electronics, power & hardware

Dialga (founded as Ligmax)Trondheim

Two people, an entire autonomous vessel, against teams many times the size. It has been the most demanding and the most useful thing I have done at NTNU.

• Founded around Christmas 2025 with Andreas Lindeman, two months after I joined Marinor, to enter the NJORD Challenge as our own team — competing against Marinor and the other entrants.
• Built Ligmax, a self-stabilising autonomous trimaran, as a team of two. Hull, power, electronics, perception and autonomy all in-house.
• The team became Dialga and is now building Mobula for NJORD 2027.

Head of Elektraverkstedet & board member

Linjeforeningen Elektra, NTNUTrondheim

• Led Elektraverkstedet (EV), the student makerspace at Elektra — tooling, safety, training, purchasing and day-to-day running.
• Sat on the main board of Linjeforeningen Elektra as workshop lead, and represented Elektra towards other student associations at NTNU.
• Built out the workshop's capability so members could take a project from idea to a finished, physical thing without leaving the building.

Hardware, electrical & mechanical

Marinor, NTNUTrondheim

Marinor is where I learned to build boats. Two months later, Andreas and I started our own team to enter the same competition — so I have spent the time since on both sides of the start line.

• Technical student organisation at NTNU building autonomous boats. Joined in October 2025, when it was getting going.
• Did a large share of the hardware on the organisation's vessel — electrical systems, battery and power, and mechanical work.

Member, Teknisk komité (TekKom)

Linjeforeningen Elektra, NTNUTrondheim

• Maintain and develop elektra.io, the website for Linjeforeningen Elektra.
• General technical upkeep for the association.

Paragliding — pilot & assistant instructor experience

Norges Luftsportforbund / Folkehøgskolen Nord-Norge

• Two years of flying, the second as an assistant instructor on a paragliding programme.

• NorwegianNative
• EnglishFluent