José:

This is my second try - something went wrong when I posted the last time.

Your letter is very good - I have made some suggestions for improvement.

Anonymous

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Dear Sir/Madam

I am writing to express my great interest in applying for the ACEOLE Programme(or program ?) (British English is programme, American English is program) at CERN, which I truly believe will be the key for my goals in life: investigation and lecturing.

After having completed done a BSc and a MSc in Engineering, it is the time to start with the PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEUP). This is would be a unique opportunity to work as an investigator, in the most prestigious particle physics laboratory in the world and, at the same time, take the PhD at FEUP (CERN’s Partner on “ASIC building blocks for detector readout systems” project.)

 

I studied Electronics and Telecomunications engineering, from 1999-2000, at the University of Aveiro, where I obtained a five-year bachelor's degree. The course focused on electronics, telecommunications and computer science. As I have always had an enormous passion for electronics, so devoted my. The fifth year (specialization) was dedicated to microelectronics. During this year I designed an IC (1 GHz Oscillator) using CMOS 0.6 um technology.

 

After graduation, I have beenwas invited to work as an investigator for the Telecommunications Institute, where I worked on ain order to the design  of a charge pre-amplifier, in CMOS 0.6 um technology, for a particle detector belonging to the Physics Department. By that time (it's not clear what time you mean here - when you left TI, or when you finished the pre-amplifier) I had almost two years of Analog IC Design experience with Cadence tools.

 

From 2001 to 2007, I went to Lisbon to worked as a Telecom Engineer in Lisbon.. It wasn’t and IC Design role, because but by that time, there were not many opportunities for IC designers this function wasn’t very popular in Portugal.

While working, Meanwhile I have decided to go back to University to do a Master’s Degree. During 2006 I finished the Master’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, at Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (IST).

In the following year the work “” was awarded first prize on the contest “

 

At the present time, Nowadays I am working for Company_*** as an IC Test Engineer, where I am the responsible for 110DDR nm and 90 DDR2 nm.

 

Given my career, academic awards and especially my desire will to continue my studies (PhD), I have decided that is time to return to IC Design, in order to accomplish my dreams: being an investigator and a lecturer in the field of microelectronics area.

 

I found the CERN programme quite quiet appealing, because of the institution itself, the role involved, the possibility of doing the PhD in cooperation with CERN, working together with top scientists and engineers who , continuous seek for improvement, that would challenge me every day.

 

I would be grateful for your consideration of my candidacy for this program.

Sincerely Yours,

José Pedro Cardoso

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