Padraic O'Reilly- ELECTRONIC & RF ENGINEER

CURRICULUM VITAE (PDF LINK) |
Padraic is a hard-working experienced Analog Devices product engineer. Experienced in both customer facing and laboratory roles, Padraic has worked in both RF and linear mixed signal spaces, working on cutting edge technology with a global customer base. He is customer focused and acutely aware of the contribution we all make to getting the best value for our customers. On one hand he has honed the skills of taking customer requirements and distilling these requirements into technical specifications becoming the customer advocate within internal teams. On the other hand, he has the laboratory deep part knowledge of having to evaluate a product in the lab. He has designed both hardware & software to test performance and completed novel challenging measurements always adhering to strict schedules. He enjoys overcoming technical challenges and enabling younger engineers. He believes in helping others grow, knowledge sharing, team work, collaboration and continuous improvement.
Job SkillsSoftware:
Cadence Allegro PCB Designer, Keysight ADS RF Simulation, NI Labview, C, TestStand, Visual Basic, Matlab, Spice, Dreamweaver, Camptasia Studio, Adobe Illustrator, Pyhton, HTML, PHP, MySQL and Microsoft Office Software Project Development and Release Data Analysis, Interpretation and Publication Technical Documentation Publication Hardware: Schematic Design, Debug and Layout New Product Research, Definition and Development Evaluation of Semiconductor Components 85GHz Spectrum Analyzer 110GHz Network Analyzer Bench-top Debug of Integrated Circuits |
Expert Technical Customer Support:
Planning and Development of Deadline Oriented Client Relationships Dealing with Customers, Managing Relations and Solving Problems. Preparation and Presentation of Training Material Application Profiling and Signal Chain Analysis Design Evaluation of Silicone Time Management and Teamwork: Working in Teams to Completing Time Critical Tasks Managing Production Delays where Time-To-Market is Key. Exposure to Automotive, Industrial, Communications and Medical industries. Supervision & mentoring of colleagues. Planning and execution to release of IC evaluation schedule. |
Technical Customer Engagement:
Technical company representative in detailed technical meetings with key customers to understand requirements and to promote relevant products, visiting communications, industrial and medical customers, in Asia(China), USA(Oregon, California, Texas) and Europe(UK, Italy)
Owner of the design-in process and advanced product support for over 100 precision digital to analog converters.
Responsible for the assembly of teams consisting of design, test, design evaluation engineers while liaising with quality and planning departments to identify customer issues quickly and to respond with a satisfactory resolution to issues in the fastest time possible.
Provide application support to customers via telephone, e-mail and also via ADIs interactive blog/online community, EngineeringZone.
When necessary recreate customer set-ups at workstations or in lab and debug issues.
New Product Development:
Lead Engineer in the definition of a new product platform, nanoDAC+, through analysis of competition and key customer application profiling.
Successfully definition and bringing to market of this product, which exhibits superior performance, having provided detailed design requirements to IC design engineers.
Responsible for customer focus during new product development.
Designed product evaluation hardware and software many products.
Designed reference circuits to make the desing of product into their systems easier.
Writer of new product datasheets, user guides for evaluation board hardware and application notes.
Training, Webinars and Presentations:
Provide regular updates to management on customer interaction, competition interpretation and new product projects.
Lease with marketing to pitch technical presentations to management when requesting investment in new technology or products.
In charge of product and specification training of experienced and novice field based engineers through presentations in large technical conferences and through production of web based material.
Publications:
Responsible for the publication of over 50 datasheets, application notes and user guides documents to the web detailing product specifications and containing a detailed applications information.
Technical company representative in detailed technical meetings with key customers to understand requirements and to promote relevant products, visiting communications, industrial and medical customers, in Asia(China), USA(Oregon, California, Texas) and Europe(UK, Italy)
Owner of the design-in process and advanced product support for over 100 precision digital to analog converters.
Responsible for the assembly of teams consisting of design, test, design evaluation engineers while liaising with quality and planning departments to identify customer issues quickly and to respond with a satisfactory resolution to issues in the fastest time possible.
Provide application support to customers via telephone, e-mail and also via ADIs interactive blog/online community, EngineeringZone.
When necessary recreate customer set-ups at workstations or in lab and debug issues.
New Product Development:
Lead Engineer in the definition of a new product platform, nanoDAC+, through analysis of competition and key customer application profiling.
Successfully definition and bringing to market of this product, which exhibits superior performance, having provided detailed design requirements to IC design engineers.
Responsible for customer focus during new product development.
Designed product evaluation hardware and software many products.
Designed reference circuits to make the desing of product into their systems easier.
Writer of new product datasheets, user guides for evaluation board hardware and application notes.
Training, Webinars and Presentations:
Provide regular updates to management on customer interaction, competition interpretation and new product projects.
Lease with marketing to pitch technical presentations to management when requesting investment in new technology or products.
In charge of product and specification training of experienced and novice field based engineers through presentations in large technical conferences and through production of web based material.
Publications:
Responsible for the publication of over 50 datasheets, application notes and user guides documents to the web detailing product specifications and containing a detailed applications information.