Rev Richardson

Experience

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  Analog Devices

  Sept 1998 - Sept 2001

  Wafer Probe Maintenance & Process Improvement Technician

  Maintenance, Calibration & Process Improvement of wafer prober/ tester equipment. - Teradyne Catalyst, A5x5, M118 Testers - GSI Lumonics M310 Probers & Laser trimming systems.

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  Intel Corporation

  Jan 2002 - Sept 2002

  Internship: Wafer Probe Process Improvement Engineer

  Internship while at Waterford Institute of Technology. Worked in Wafer Sort/Probe are as Process Improvement Engineer. Continuation of prior role in Analog Devices.

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  FBD Insurance

  Sept 2003 - Sept 2004

  Claims Dept. Management of Information Systems (IT)

  Worked with department managers to generate statistical reports, tested software, create procedures and liaised with IT/IS to develop new web-based systems for use in the Claims Dept. Wrote and rolled out training program for new employees on the claims computer interface.

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  Analog Devices

  Sept 2004 - Apr 2018

  Design Evaluation Engineer - 77GHz Automotive Radar, analog & all digital PLLs, VCOs, RF TX/ RX chains, VGA’s etc.• Creation of Evaluation plan - input from Design, Apps, Final test and any other stakeholders.• PCB Design - Schematic entry, Layout, Simulation and Manufacture.• Development of DUT measurement capabilities pre silicon (software and hardware)• Source measurement specific equipment from Vendors eg: R&S/ Keysight• Design verification pre-silicon• Post silicon debug and characterisation• Measurement automation & sweeps using LabVIEW• Documentation of IC Characterisation & adhoc reports for Design/ Apps.• Present demos to customers in the Lab or conferences• Perform Burn-in / Latchup / PSS• Supervise, train and mentor co-op students and graduate engineers• Source, maintain & upgrade equipment for the RF laboratory• Debug Customer, Application or Final test issues.• Experienced with Keysight/ R&S VNA’s, Phase Noise/ Spectrum analysers, Temperature forcingsystems, Signal Generators, Oscilloscopes, Power Supplies etc. Show less Test Development Engineer. Developed and released to production complete Software and Hardware solutions for high volume production testing of high frequency (13GHz) RF-IC PLL and Mixers for use in Mobile Base Stations/ Radar systems. (ADF415x, ADRF665x)• Multi-layer RF PCB Final Test & also Probe, schematic entry and layout using Cadence Allegro.• Developed complete test solution on the Teradyne UltraFlex RF/ IG-XL tester environment.• Developed complete test solution on the CTS Tester (In house tester) using Solaris/ C environment.• Working with Design/ Eval/ Apps to debug silicon.• Full Characterisation of DUT over supplies/ temperatures/ conditions.• ESD/ Burnin/ preparation pre/ post processing.• Generation of reports.• Final release of full test solution (Hardware and Software) to production in Philippines. Show less

  • Senior (RF & Microwave) Design Evaluation Engineer

    Sept 2011 - Apr 2018

  • RF Test Engineer

    Sept 2009 - Sept 2011

  • Wafer Fabrication Maintenance Technician

    Sept 2004 - Sept 2009
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  Partfinder Ltd

  Apr 2008 - Dec 2012

  Co Founder, Director and CTO

  Co Founded/ Directed and wrote the partfinder.ie website (both front & back-end), along with business development, marketing and sales. I even presented my product on Dragons Den! • Developed skills in MySQL, Perl, HTML, Java along with Google Analytics & SEO tools. • Developed business & marketing skills, as well as management & accounting.

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  Stobart Air

  Apr 2018 - Jul 2021

  First Officer - ATR 72-600

  I flew passengers on the Aer Lingus Regional service from Cork Airport, and prior to that the Flybe service from in Southend Airport.

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  Ei Electronics

  Feb 2021 - Feb 2022

  RF Test Development Engineer

  Design and Development of Automated Test Equipment; both hardware & software used in the manufacturing of RF modules. Using Labview to interface to bench top equipment such as Spectrum Analysers, Signal Generators, Power Supplies, Multi meters etc. Also generation of test specifications, datalogging results, tester documentation, schematics etc.

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  Emerald Airlines

  Mar 2022 - Nov 2023

  • Captain - ATR 72-600

    Jun 2023 - Nov 2023

  • First Officer - ATR 72-600

    Mar 2022 - May 2023
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  Ryanair - Europe's Favourite Airline

  Dec 2023 - now

  First Officer - Boeing 737