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Axel WickmanAW

Axel Wickman

AI & Robotics Developer

$696/day
Lisbon, PT
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Axel

Skills: ROS2, Python, Rust, C++, Gazebo, Navigation (Nav2), Isaac Sim, PyTorch, OpenCV, Cuda, Docker, Linux, PostgreSQL, React, Blender, Unity, Behavior Trees, 3D perception, Nvidia Jetson, and general distributed systems.

I am a Robotics and Applied AI engineer with 6+ years of consulting experience. I build robotics and AI systems from architecture to deployment, have them installed onsite in the field with clients.

Past projects include ABB Saffron flower picker with IRB and FlexPicker robots, a deployed fleet of navigating autonomous golf-ball picking robots, drone-mounted hyperspectral sensing for landmine detection, reinforcement-learning flight route planning for Saab Aeronautics, and a high volume ML ATS matching system that improved candidate search for a recruiting firm.

I can help with:
- Robotics prototypes, ROS2 systems, perception, navigation, manipulation, and simulation
- Computer vision for messy sensor data, including segmentation, tracking, and 3D perception (SLAM, LiDAR)
- Isaac Sim, Gazebo, RobotStudio, Docker, synthetic data, and sim-to-real workflows
- Production ML systems with data pipelines, evaluation, vector search, and deployment
- Search, ranking, matching, and recommendation systems using LLMs, embeddings, PyTorch, Qdrant, PostgreSQL, and Redis
- AI automation tools, internal platforms, APIs, dashboards, and technical MVPs
- Architecture reviews for early-stage AI, robotics, and automation products
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Swedish

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Dyno Robotics - Industrial Saffron Robotics System
    Robotic Software Developer
    October 2024 - June 2025 (8 months)
    Developed a robotic saffron sorting system that increased processing speed in a production plant, combining ABB industrial robots, ML-based computer vision, and custom motion planning in a live industrial pipeline.
    • Built an automated manipulation and sorting workflow using ABB Robots
    • Worked across ROS2, C++, Python, PyTorch, Docker, RAPID, and RobotStudio for deployment and industrial integration
    • Integrated a Rust motion-planning controller with custom path planning for precise robot control
    • Applied AI: RL and supervised learning for guiding manipulation, and integrated to allow for continuous live improvement
    • Explored Gaussian Splatting and Blender-based integration as a separate research arm connected to the robotics stack
    • Delivered the system as part of a real industrial production pipeline, with the constraints that come from uptime, safety, and operational reliability
    ROS2 Docker Python Machine learning Computer Vision
  • Dyno Robotics - Drone-Based Landmine Detection
    Robotics Software Developer
    August 2024 - December 2024 (4 months)
    Software lead for R&D project on drone-based AI landmine detection using multi-spectral imaging, with work spanning applied machine learning, sensing pipelines, and decision support for human operators.
    • Led the project and coordinated technical work around drone-mounted multi-spectral sensing for per-pixel landmine detection
    • Explored supervised, unsupervised, and self-supervised learning approaches for detection and classification
    • Worked with PyTorch-based vision models including UNet-style segmentation approaches and representation learning methods such as SimCLR
    • Developed approaches for sensor fusion for the different color channels
    • Worked on calibration and alignment for multi-camera setups
    • Built the project around real-world constraints in remote sensing, noisy data, and limited ground truth
    Pytorch Computer Vision Python Machine learning
  • Dyno Robotics - ATS Matching Platform
    AI Software Developer
    June 2023 - June 2025 (2 years)
    Led the architecture and development of a full-stack AI recruitment matching system for a recruiting firm, using custom neural ranking, vector retrieval, and integrated recruiter workflows to turn large-scale hiring data into better matching decisions.
    • Owned the architecture and end-to-end development of a production ATS matching system used by a real recruiting firm
    • Built the platform across Svelte, TypeScript, Python FastAPI, Rust, Docker, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, and Azure
    • Implemented retrieval and ranking pipelines using Qdrant and a custom PyTorch neural network
    • Trained reranking models continuously on live incoming recruitment data and recruiter feedback
    • Built ETL workflows for large volumes of historical and incoming candidate and job data
    • Integrated matching, tagging, evaluation, and workflow logic into recruiter-facing tools
    • Designed the system around privacy, fairness, explainability, and high-volume exhaustive evaluation
    • Helped give the firm a measurable quality and speed advantage over more manual recruiting workflows
    Python Machine learning Typescript Rust artificial intelligence

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Education

  • Exchange studies
    Escola Politécnica da USP, São Paolo, Brazil
    2019
    Academic exchange focused on technology and engineering courses taught in Portuguese - Studied AI fundamentals, including mathematical foundations and Prolog programming - Worked with data science methods, including a supervised learning project in stock prediction - Completed coursework in virtual reality and game development using Unity3D
  • BSc in Cognitive Science
    Linköping University
    2021
    -Interdisciplinary degree combining AI, neuroscience, psychology, scientific methods, and the study of human cognition and emotion - Built a strong foundation in both the technical and human sides of intelligent systems, with coursework spanning classical AI, neural networks, and language technology - Completed AI coursework covering classical methods and neural networks, including a project in simulated evolution - Worked on language technology, including a project applying a temporal t-SNE approach to Reddit data - Developed an interdisciplinary way of thinking that still shapes later work in robotics, machine learning, and human-centered system design

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