Austin Henriksen
Senior System Engineer at Astrion
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAustin Henriksen is a Senior Systems Engineer based in San Antonio with nine years' experience delivering high-assurance cryptographic and electronic warfare systems for DoD customers. He blends hands-on systems engineering, test and risk leadership—having led cross-organizational teams and coordinated multi-agency test efforts on programs worth tens of millions—with practical automation skills that saved 100+ labor hours annually. His background spans mission-critical EW mission data, crypto device acquisitions, and maintaining technical baselines to DoD standards, supported by deep documentation and test reporting (36 risk reports, 20+ specs). A pragmatic coder, he contributes to the zeroc-ice open-source RPC framework and demos, improving core parsing and async examples across multiple languages. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex stakeholder needs into actionable test plans and to unblock programs with concise briefings to senior leadership. He combines an electrical engineering degree with full-stack training and a history of process automation that repeatedly converts technical rigor into measurable operational savings.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development, Computer Software Engineering at Free Code CampBachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas-Pan American
English, Spanish
Github Skills (15)
asynchronous10
ice10
javas10
error-handling10
c-language10
rpc10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
java10
async10
demoscene9
ruby8
python8
csharp6
dotnet-core6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
zeroc-ice/ice
Nov 2017 - Sep 2022
All-in-one solution for creating networked applications with RPC, pub/sub, server deployment, and more.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:755 reviews, 153 commits, 406 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Austin's contributions primarily focused on improving the Ice framework's core functionality. They addressed a bug (ICE-8416) related to scoped identifiers, introducing new token types and adjusting the scanning phase. Further contributions involve fixing a typo and removing an application component from Ice Services, which indicates their work involves maintaining and optimizing the framework's internal workings and dependencies. The user also added missing exceptions for specific language bindings (Java, Python, Ruby) to enhance the error handling.
rpczerocpythonjavascriptrpc-framework
zeroc-ice/ice-demos
May 2017 - Feb 2020
Sample programs for Ice
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:37 reviews, 43 commits, 5 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Austin primarily contributed to the Java and C++ implementations of Ice demos. They focused on completing asynchronous invocation demos by modifying client and server code, specifically involving features like CompletableFuture and callbacks. This involved changes to interface definitions, client-side code, and server-side logic to demonstrate asynchronous communication patterns within the Ice framework. Further commits included improvements in Python and C# demos, indicating a broader understanding of the Ice framework across different languages.
rpczeroccppprogramslabview
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