Martin Dahlquist has an MSc in Electrical Engineering from KTH, Stockholm, Sweden. After graduation in 1978 he has been working as an engineer at the Manilla School for deaf children in Stockholm, followed by engagement at KTH in Department of Speech, Music and Hearing.
After that he has been working clinically as a hearing engineer, first at Södersjukhuset, Stockholm and later at Karolinska University Hospital.
In April 2013 he started working at ORCA Europe as a Research Engineer.