Micah Brouwer Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

• Driving technical support for custom audio and haptic SoCs including creating hardware and documentation for emulation, evaluation of early samples, and ongoing engagement for cross-platform teams
• Contributing to development of datasheet and other collateral including user guides and example scripts
• Collecting and analyzing data to evaluate and communicate device performance

Austin, Texas, United States

• Analyzed and developed hardware to determine feasibility of novel customer-specific use-cases often requiring characterizing interactions between digital and analog sub-systems with timing, power, and noise constraints
• Tested customer return units to understand and debug abnormal device or system behavior, often involving collaboration with Design, Product Test, and System teams
• Defined device-specific software requirements to assist Software Development team in creating intuitive and helpful software for interacting with new and existing devices in our portfolio

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Provided customer support for haptic feedback and audio amplifiers including EVM development (with CISPR25 EMC testing), schematic and layout reviews, programming specifications, and general bench support and testing
• Developed and traveled internationally to present technical documentation, demos, and training collateral
• Maintained and upgraded test hardware and software (via LabVIEW) that verified TI’s speaker protection algorithm’s functionality through reliability tests for the TAS2562, TAS2563, and TAS2770

Tucson, Arizona, United States

• General customer support for voltage feedback operational amplifiers with GBW of 50 MHz or more including monitoring TI’s engineer to engineer (E2E) online forums, running simulations, and bench characterization
• Tested customer returns and shared data

Dallas, TX

- Created a user's guide and other helpful collateral for TI's software used to control TI's haptic drivers- Assisted customers by monitoring TI's E2E (engineer to engineer) forum- DIY with TI Intern Contest: Designed a system with two other interns that would provide proportional haptic feedback in the steering wheel when a car is in the blind spot.

ITT Dublin, Ireland

- Researched the smart thermostat market and presented a report analyzing the main features and popularity of the competitors' products - Prototyped and architected a wireless thermostatic radiator valve using the TI CC3200 chip and Energia- Researched new potential products by analyzing market trends on Ebay and Amazon - Improved timeliness, goal-setting.

South Residence Hall

• Improved social skills, conflict resolution, and leadership
• Mentored 24 freshmen in academics, social involvement, and time management skills
• Helped freshman acclimate to college