Tirffneh is a teacher, researcher and Department Head of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at MIT-MU.   His research interests include green energy sources, magnetic refrigeration, wireless power transfer (WPT), machine learning and autonomous systems, intelligent transportation systems, internet of things (IoT), and quality control of power systems.

He has a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from Bahirdar University, Ethiopia, and an MTech diploma in Electronics and Computer Engineering from Addis Ababa University.