Henrik Austad
Research Scientist at SINTEF Digital
Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolHenrik Austad is a research scientist and PhD candidate with 26 years of hands-on experience building real-time and embedded systems, currently focused on deterministic networks for sensor integration in distributed real-time systems at SINTEF. He blends deep systems expertise—from Linux kernel and real-time scheduling theory to service integration—with practical firmware and driver-level debugging honed during an eight-year tenure at Cisco. His career spans academic research, satellite and on-orbit servicing projects, and production-grade network tooling, reflecting a rare mix of theoretical rigor and operational troubleshooting. Proficient in C, Python and Java, he also has long-standing experience managing *NIX infrastructure, database-backed services and build systems. Beyond coding, Henrik has edited technical textbooks and improved authentication and telemetry tooling, showing a knack for translating complex systems into usable artifacts. Based in Trondheim, he brings a steady, forensic approach to reliability and timing challenges across both research and industrial settings.
26 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
KNM TordenskioldNorwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian, English, diff -u
Github Skills (55)
libgit210
hacklang10
git-addons10
git-lfs10
mailing10
publish10
version-control10
mercurial10
shell10
delta10
git-client10
moto9
mailing-list9
procedure9
subversion8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
henrikau/net_chan
Nov 2022 - Mar 2025
Reliable Network Channels
Contributions:2 releases, 2 PRs, 40 pushes in 2 years 3 months
henrikau/confusa
Jul 2008 - May 2013
Contributions:2105 commits in 4 years 11 months
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