Patrick Berne Email & Phone Number

United States

Williston, Vermont, United States

I am a design and verification engineer who works on Low-Power DDR4 SDRAM circuitry. I work extensively with digital logic design over every layer of our chip.- Mainly, I create Verilog simulations (software design) and testbenches (schematic design) to debug our chip when design changes are made. These tests have different levels of coverage depending on the verification requirements. Once these tests are written and run, I dig through logic simulations and schematics to assess what is behaving incorrectly.- I work with and communicate with many engineers across the US to make sure we are implementing design changes cohesively at a steady pace.

Malta, New York, United States

I worked as a wafer characterization engineer for the summer, where I was trained in measuring and analyzing wafers. My main contribution to GF was software development, specifically:- Worked extensively on integrating GF's internal wafer-testing software with Keysight's noise-analysis wafer testing software.- Underwent training for DC wafer probe analysis, and assisted with RF and S-parameter wafer tests.- Improved the lab's internal inventory tracking using Excel & TypeScript.

Troy, Ny

Designed a configuration API for a through-wall transceiver system that uses two separate microcontrollers and ultrasonic transducers. - I worked on high-level design initially, making a handshake-acknowledge flowchart for our startup communication. Later on, I worked on low-level implementation, i.e. C and assembly code to send & receive configuration parameters.- We worked with the ARINC 429 serial protocol using TMS320F28X MCUs from Texas Instruments.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

I did a mix of software development and electronic prototyping:- Assembled and tested electronic driver prototypes. We tested a different way of amplifying our small-signal AC input using an H-bridge circuit so that we could fit it onto a much smaller PCB.- Performed aeroacoustic analysis of piezoelectric audio output and was able to minimize volume by filtering out harmonic frequencies, both by adding destructive interference via code, as well as by designing a suitable low-pass filter.- Programmed GUIs to interact with various testing stations, and also programmed the firmware for said devices (using Teensy MCUs). These devices were as follows: a custom barometer, a vibrometer, a force sensor, a voltage feedback regulator, and an electronic driver.

Miami, Florida

I was a research Assistant for NASA’s DXL Rocket Project, where I provided assistance to the professor and graduate students in the lab by performing various tasks, such as:- Modifying ray-tracing simulation code (Python) to determine the effectiveness of our rocket’s optics.- Testing and repairing the rocket's measurement equipment.- Creating X-ray filters for the rocket’s windows.

Bachelor'S & Master'S Degree, Computer Systems Engineering & Computer Science

5 years of unhealthy habits later, I have some very nice degrees and a bit more engineering knack. Bachelor's Degree: - Computer.

High School Diploma, Alumni

High school. It wasn't particularly interesting.

Education record

Middle school. The pinnacle of my career.