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From Silicon Chips to Global Innovation: A Founder's Legacy at SICK IVP

FROM SILICON CHIPS TO GLOBAL INNOVATION: A FOUNDER'S LEGACY AT SICK IVP: When Robert Forchheimer co-founded SICK IVP in 1985, he was driven by an audacious academic vision: to digitize and compress images in an era dominated by analog technology. Four decades later, his legacy lives on—not just ...

From Start-Up Spirit to Strategic Innovation Hub: Two Decades of Growth at SICK Linköping with Joakim Delbom

When Joakim, the former Managing Director of SICK IVP Linköping first stepped into the office in 2004, the team was just 18 people strong. Today, the site is a cornerstone of innovation within the global SICK Group, recognized for its advanced expertise in software, image processing, and ...

Empowering Innovation and Women in Tech: Jessica Trinh’s Journey at SICK LINKÖPING

When Jessica Trinh joined SICK LINKÖPING in Linköping during the height of the pandemic, she stepped into a company known for its technological excellence—but what she found went far beyond the hardware and software. “It’s the dream workplace I didn’t know I needed,” she reflects, now leading a ...

Celebrating the Success of IGEday 2025 at SICK Linköping 🎉

WE ARE THRILLED TO SHARE THE AMAZING RESULTS FROM THIS YEAR'S IGEDAY, WHERE SICK LINKÖPING PLAYED A ROLE IN INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERING LEADERS. THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR PARTICIPANTS, GATHERED BY WOMENGINEER, HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY UPLIFTING, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIGHLIGHTING THE ...

SICK Joins IndX as the Fifth Partner: A New Era of Innovation

We are thrilled to announce that SICK has joined IndX as the fifth partner, marking a significant milestone in our journey to drive innovation in sensor technologies and industrial automation. : This collaboration is set to enhance our capabilities and expand our horizons in the ever-evolving ...

SICK’s Collaboration with Linköping University Students on CDIO Project

At SICK, we believe in fostering innovation and nurturing talent. Recently, we had the pleasure of collaborating with a group of university students on a CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate) project. This educational concept encourages students to engage in the entire development ...

Discovering Creativity and Innovation: Reflections on the SICK Hackathon

Joining a hackathon is not merely about competition; it's an eye-opening journey. Just ask Jonatan Wästlund, who is in his fifth year studying Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, and Carl Leesment, a third-year Computer Science student. Both are engaged members of the FIA (Association ...

Exciting Collaboration Between SICK Linköping and Linköping University

We are thrilled to announce our strategic partnership with Linköping University (LiU). This collaboration aims to integrate our industry expertise with academic excellence, focusing on advancing research and development in Computer Vision and Deep Learning. A Vision for the Future We are ...

Once an Innovator, Always an Innovator!

Once an Innovator, Always an Innovator! We are thrilled to share a glimpse into one of our most inspiring episodes of Meet the Founders, where we had the exceptional opportunity to connect with Robert Forchheimer, a co-founder of SICK IVP. Robert is not just a key player; he is a visionary ...

Meet Jessica Trinh, R&D group manager

In this story, we share our conversation with Jessica Trinh, R&D group manager at SICK Linköping. We asked her to tell us about her path towards becoming an engineer. She shares her journey from Vietnam to Sweden, and from the childhood stories that sparked her interest in science and engineering.

"How did you become an engineer?" Poornima's story

“Where there’s a will, there’s a way!” It is with this conviction that Poornima Jayamani, application engineer at SICK Linköping, has become the engineer she is today. That deeply held belief supported her in overcoming the obstacles and challenges on the way - from society’s messages that ...

Exploration Days

SICK Linköping is a R&D cluster within the SICK organization, so learning is central for us in connection with innovation. Here, we tell you about one of the ways we foster these - by having regular "Exploration Days"!

Applications for the SICK Solution Hackaton 2024 are open

Apply now to participate in the SICK solution Hackaton 2024! The SICK Solution Hackaton gives young talents from universities and startups a chance to bring in their way of thinking and create new ideas to solve the IoT challenges of the world of industrial automation.

Business trip and Product Management - Nimal's Customer Centric Vision

Nimal Kailasanathan is Robot Guidance Product Manager at SICK Linköping. In February, he went on a business trip to India as part of an effort to gather feedback from customers. Here, he shares insights into his vision of product management during this journey.

Will you join our push-up challenge in 2024?

Have you found your perfect training challenge for this year? If not, you are welcome to join ours! In 2024, we challenged ourselves to do one more push up every week. No AI will help with this one, but doing it together absolutely does!

Summer internships 2024

Our opportunities for summer internships in 2024 are open! You can apply until February 25th, but keep in mind that we assess applications on an ongoing basis so they might fill up before the deadline. Curious about what the summer internship experience can be like? Several of our permanent ...

Upcoming events 2024

Find out the events we will take part in in 2024 and come and meet us!

From Karlsruhe, to Tokyo, to Linköping - Meet Jan-Luca, SICK Trainee from the SensorING Program

Having graduated from his master’s in computer science in Germany, Jan-Luca Vettel has been joining the Karlsruhe office of SICK. Over the last year, he has been taking part of the SensorING traineeship program. This program offers university graduates an attractive, broad entry into ...

SICK takes part in Musikhjälpen!

Musikhjälpen is a radio and TV campaign that takes place during one week in December in Sweden every year, with the aim to raise money for a humanitarian cause. For two years now, SICK has contributed with its own “SICK-bössa" thanks to employee-initiative!

Linköping is Europe's rising innovative city!

Linköping won the award of the European Rising Innovative City from the European Capital of Innovation Awards. It is the first city in Sweden to win this award. Learn more about what a city where tech companies grow stronger, and how SICK takes an active part in this vibrant ecosystem.

Upcoming events 2023

Find out about the next student and public events we will participate in. Throughout the year, we take part in many student fairs and events open to everyone. There, we often share live demonstrations of our robots and sensors and are happy to answer questions. Come and meet us!

From Detroit to Linköping - Sharon on her three weeks internal training in the robot guidance team

Meet Sharon, who travelled from the SICK office in Detroit to Sweden in order to complete her training with the robot guidance team in Linköping. We asked her to tell us about her experience of collaboration across continents!

Starting his career in computer vision after doing his thesis at SICK

A student in statistics and machine learning, Abhijeet Anand wanted to focus his career on machine vision. While his program did not offer related courses, he decided to do his thesis at SICK on this topic. The decision was a risk, but it ultimately paid off: by the time he graduated, he was offered

From his student thesis to software development engineer at SICK

After doing his Master thesis in software engineering at SICK, Jonathan joined the robot guidance team as a development engineer. He tells about how he decided to apply for his thesis at SICK and what his experience was like.

Life at SICK as an Application Developer

Have you ever wondered what it's like to work for a company like SICK? - Meet Andreas, whose master´s in imaging processing brought him to the company. Today Andreas works as an Application Developer and in this interview, he provides a peek behind the curtain, sharing what his daily routine entails

SICK Linköping a Great Place to Work

We are one of Sweden's best workplaces for the 7th time! Do you want to know what it's like to work at one of Sweden's best workplaces? Let our colleagues Mathilda and Mattias give you a glimpse in this story!

Embracing the value international employees bring to our workforce

In this story, we invite you to deep dive into Sogand's journey - moving to Sweden to join SICK Linköping, exploring the experiences, challenges, and learnings during her first 10 months within SICK!

IGEday together with SICK - Inspiring tomorrow's young engineers!

IGEday together with SICK - Inspiring tomorrow's young engineers! At SICK, we believe that diversity is crucial to building a high-performing and innovative organization. That's why we are proud to participate in IGEDay, an initiative by the Womengineer Foundation.

With passion for Vision Sensoring technology

Tech Talks at SICK Linköping - our version of Ted Talks. Meet Johan Melander, head of the 3D camera group with great passion for image sensor technology, who tells you more about how it is done and gives his best tips if you also want to get started with Tech Talks at your company.

From summer job to employment

Read about Emma's first meeting with SICK and her path from a summer job to an exciting role as Application Developer.

Sustainability on the agenda

Meet Fredrik, Algorithm developer with commitment to the company's sustainability work.

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