New executive vice president for subsea division
Jalving started in Kongsberg Maritime in 2006 as senior principal engineer in the AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) department. Since 2007, he has been vice president for HUGIN AUV activity and part of the subsea management group. He has an MSc in Engineering Cybernetics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim and for 14 years has worked as a scientist at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, FFI. His main research areas were inertial navigation and control and mission management systems for AUVs.
Kongsberg Maritime’s subsea division operates predominantly in the offshore oil and gas markets, surveying, defence, fisheries and oceanography. It develops cutting-edge technology based on hydroacoustics, sensor knowledge, advanced signal processing and underwater engineering, and its products include market leading sonar, multi- and single beam echosounders, subsea transponders and AUVs.