Patrick Aherne - Electronic Engineer 7 Aranda Place, Leederville, WA 6007. 0406 162 406. patrickaherne@gmail.

com Summary Proactive engineer with experience in circuit design, testing, analysis & project completion. Excellent customer relations, computer & technical skills. Proven engineering problem solving skills. Recognised for working well as a team member with an exceptional work ethic. Experience with a wide variety of electronic equipment & systems.

Core Competencies & Professional Strengths HDMI video & digital audio protocols. Digital & Analog hardware platform development. Adapting customer software & hardware platforms to integrate IC solutions. FPGA development / VHDL / Verilog. Developing technical documentation e.g. Data Sheets & Hardware Manuals.

Professional Experience August 2007 January 2011: Analog Devices, Raheen, Co. Limerick, Ireland Applications Engineer - Digital Video Products Group Integrated complex mixed signal, video & audio products at system level with tier one customers. Visited customers in Europe & America to resolve technical issues & promote new products. Worked with design & test engineers to set product definitions & test specifications. Provided assistance & conference presentations to a global network of field application engineers. Produced product data sheets, HW & SW manuals & application notes.

June - December 2005: Intel Ireland, Leixlip, Co. Kildare, Ireland Improvement Engineering Department Intern Lithography Piloted new chemical process to reduce wafer throughput time in production. Conducted extensive tests on wafer yield improvement. Examined transistor defects on scanning electron microscope.

Summary of Qualifications 2003-2007 University of Limerick, Ireland. Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Electronic Engineering. (Honours Degree. GPA 3.33). Semester exchange at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA. Travel Period Career Break from 2011 to April 2014. Lived, worked, volunteered and travelled extensively in Canada, New Zealand, South East Asia & Japan. Pursued passion for outdoors and cultural experiences.