This is the story of Sonair’s efforts to deliver a functional safety-certified ADAR sensor, built with Rust on a multicore Cortex-A compute platform. Sonair is on track to be among the first to deploy a safety-certified product built with Rust.
Espen Albrektsen is a seasoned software development expert with over two decades of experience spanning embedded systems, firmware, and full-stack architecture. Currently the Head of Software and co-founder of Sonair, he leads the charge in developing cutting-edge sensor technologies for robotics and automation. Espen’s background includes senior roles in innovative companies like GasSecure and Texas Instruemtns, where he specialized in functional safety, low-power systems, and continuous integration. His deep technical fluency in languages like C, C++, Python, C#, and more recently also Rust, combined with a relentless focus on quality and scalability, has made him a go-to authority in high-reliability software systems. He holds a Master’s degree in Physics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and is known for his clear thinking, systems-level perspective, and pragmatic approach to complex challenges.