Saab

Technical Fellow, Distinguished Engineer System Integration and Test

Torvald Mårtensson is Technical Fellow within System Integration Testing at Saab Aeronautics. He has a background of twenty years in the aeronautics industry and another eight years in the telecom industry. At Saab, Torvald works with test management and test strategy for functions and systems in the Gripen E fighter aircraft, as well as design and implementation of test environments and simulators. Before moving into the Gripen E program, Torvald was previously Assistant Chief Engineer in the development project for Gripen South Africa.

Torvald is also Associate Professor of Software Engineering (Senior Lecturer) at Linköping University. His research has primarily revolved around systems integration and system testing of large-scale and complex software systems, based on studies with multi-national companies in industry segments such as telecom, defense, logistics, surveillance and automotive. His research is published in journals such as Journal of Systems and Software (JSS) and Journal of Software Evolution and Process (JSEP), and at conferences such as IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) and IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA).

Torvald is reviewing frequently for scientific journals and conferences, and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Systems and Software. Torvald received an MSc degree from Linköping University, Sweden, and a PhD degree from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.