James A. Hinnant

                         www.jameshinnant.com
                hinnantj@aol.com, hinnantj@yahoo.com
                       Silicon Valley, Bay Area


Summary       Ten years experience in software development; MSEE with CS minor.


Skills        C, C++, Ada (Apex, TLD, Verdix, GNAT), assembly (1750A, 
              8051), Unix tools (sed, awk, csh, etc.), MS-Office.  
              OS's:  Unix (Sun, Linux), DOS, Windows, X Windows.  
              Equipment:  1553 and logic analyzers, PROM burners, etc.


Experience    Software Engineer and I-IX ACS S/W Tech Lead, subcontracted to 
              Space Systems/Loral, 11/1995-5/2002.

                Responsible for design, code, unit test, troubleshooting, 
                patching, and documentation of satellite flight software for 
                various applications, for Loral's FS-1300 family; in Ada, 
                1750A assembly, C, and 8051 assembly.

                Projects included:  

                · 8051 firmware on 1553-to-RS-485 command/telemetry hub 
                  for Satmex-6 and ipStar (sole 8051 firmware engineer on 
                  this project.  Coded, unit/integration tested, verified 
                  worst-case timing with oscilloscope.  8K lines of flight 
                  code and 14K lines of test code, most of it in 8051 
                  assembly and the rest in C.  Full documentation set 
                  (SRS, SDD, VDD) in MS-Word (2000-2002).

                · Major upgrades for Intelsat-IX telemetry and solar 
                  array drive software, including telemetry changes to 
                  accommodate splitting of flight computers.  Tested on 
                  sims and H/W targets; advised/troubleshot integration 
                  test at satellite manufacturing level.  Advised engineers, 
                  testers, and customer on telemetry, software environment, 
                  and test equipment.  Supported later Intelsat-IX-based 
                  programs (1996 - 2002).

                · Major upgrades for MTSAT attitude control S/W (1996-1998).

                · Development of code generators, code patch tools,  
                  and various other utilities, using shell, awk, and sed 
                  scripts under Unix.  Coded a coverage analyzer that merged    
                  8051 simulator output with disassembled 8051 flight build.  
                  Coded a bus instruction trace tool that merged logic 
                  analyzer output with disassembled 1750A flight build  
                  to pinpoint hardware error in vendor's flight computer.








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                · Changes to command software for Tempo, Panam-6,
                  Mabuhay/Telstar/Apstar, Intelsat-IX (1995-1996).

                · Changes to attitude control software for Chinasat-8,  
                  MCI-2, Telstar-7, Eurostar, MTSAT-1R, etc., (1996-2002).

              Consultant, Booz * Allen & Hamilton, Inc., 7/1992-10/1993, 
              2/1994-11/1995.

                NASA Space Station Training Facility (SSTF), subcontracted 
                to Hughes-Link, 1/1993-10/1993, 6/1994-11/1995.

                  Design, code, and test of several class objects for 
                  the firmware controller 1553 interface, part of the 
                  simulation of the Station's 1553 network; integration 
                  tested on SGI Challenge targets (including 1553 bus 
                  analysis).

                Satellite Ground Station Training System, 
                Booz * Allen & Hamilton, 2/1994-7/1994.

                  Ported satellite operations manual to real-time C 
                  for training model of customer's satellite, including 
                  sensor, controller, and actuator models.

                NASA Shuttle Mission Training Facility (SMTF), 
                subcontracted to CAE-Link, 7/1992-1/1993.

                  PDR design for training model of the entire Space 
                  Station Data Management System, to be run on the 
                  Shuttle Mission Simulator, including all on-orbit 
                  computers and networks.  Coded filters for comparing 
                  Shuttle arm data vs. models, in C.

              Contract programmer, Bridgeway Software, Inc., 5/1992-7/1992;  
              C, Windows SDK, Paradox.


Education     Texas A & I University, Kingsville, Texas.
                M.S. Electrical Engineering, C.S. Minor, May 1992.
                B.S. Electrical Engineering, C.S. Emphasis, Dec. 1988.
                Neural net flight control simulation (M.S. thesis):  
                Designed, coded, and tested 12K-line OOP NN/MRAC 
                controller model in C++, with NASA aircraft math models.
                8051-based home security system (senior project):  Designed, 
                coded, and tested all firmware for the project.
                Lab instructor for digital systems and control systems labs.


References    Available upon request.