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Erick Macias

Pembroke Pines

Summary

Seasoned Senior Application Developer with over 14 years of experience at Texas Instruments. Specializes in designing and implementing scalable distributed systems, data streaming architectures, and enterprise solutions. Demonstrated success in leading technical transformations towards microservices architectures, deploying monitoring solutions that reduced issue resolution time by 80%, and providing mentorship to cross-functional teams. Proficient in modern DevOps practices, cloud technologies, and data-driven system design. Strong background in manufacturing and embedded systems domains.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Solution Architect

Texas Instruments
06.2020 - Current
  • Enterprise Architecture & System Modernization
  • Led architectural transformation of Real Time Dispatch application from monolithic to distributed architecture in TI's most critical manufacturing facility, improving system availability, resiliency, and scalability
  • Architected Kafka-based data streaming solution to modernize manufacturing applications, enabling decoupled architectures and enhanced security protocols across factory ecosystems
  • Designed and implemented comprehensive monitoring architecture using Splunk, reducing issue root cause analysis time by 80% and providing real-time performance metrics to industrial engineering teams
  • Technical Leadership & Strategy
  • Spearheaded test automation framework architecture (LEGO framework) combining Cucumber and Selenium for validating React + Spring Boot + Oracle web applications, creating reusable Java modules for Browser, API, and Database testing
  • Established enterprise test strategy for Quality business unit, standardizing testing methodologies and tools (Insomnia, Cucumber, Selenium) across development teams
  • Mentored technical teams including interns and new hires, accelerating project integration and improving deliverable quality through structured guidance programs

Senior Software Engineer

Texas Instruments
09.2016 - 05.2020
  • Product Architecture & Development
  • Architected Ultrasonic Sensing ecosystem leading a 4-person team to develop Java-based GUI applications, embedded reference designs, and algorithm libraries with focus on maintainability and scalability
  • Designed Energy Measurement Design Center GUI in Java, enabling customer self-service for design evaluation and modification, significantly improving customer support scalability
  • Built automated testing and validation systems using Python and Matlab, reducing integration testing time from 2 weeks to 1 day
  • Performance Optimization & Innovation
  • Enhanced regression testing frameworks for C libraries and Matlab models, improving robustness and accelerating time-to-market
  • Developed EM library benchmarking system providing worst-case CPU load analysis based on system configurations
  • Created automated dataset generation tools in Matlab for microcontroller system validation

Embedded RF Application Engineer

Texas Instruments
08.2012 - 08.2016
  • Product Development & Architecture
  • Led software architecture for TRF7970A Near Field Communication (NFC) transceiver in 5-person team
  • Designed modular, optimized NFC library with comprehensive testing using industry-standard tools and certification processes
  • Developed SW Decoder Tool reducing customer debugging time from hours to 15-30 minutes, enabling team scalability
  • Created production-ready NFC firmware and reference designs for embedded systems integration

Marketing Engineering

Texas Instruments
12.2015 - 03.2016
  • Market Analysis & Strategy Development
  • Conducted comprehensive market analysis of TI portfolio and HVAC market opportunities, developing strategic roadmap for market expansion
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams including marketing, systems, and applications teams to align product strategy with market demands
  • Engaged with key customer stakeholders (12 strategic accounts) to gather requirements and position MSP portfolio effectively

Digital LEAP Rotation Program Engineer

Texas Instruments
08.2011 - 08.2012
  • Multi-Domain Technical Experience
  • Developed MSP430 Sensor Hub reference design including optimized ultra-low power firmware and GUI applications
  • Provided technical support for 10+ distribution accounts across embedded applications using TI microcontrollers
  • Enhanced NFC firmware projects for Cortex-M3/M4 processors and supported customer implementations

Education

Master of Science - Computer Engineering

University of Texas at Dallas
05.2017

Bachelor of Science - Computer Hardware Engineering

University of Florida
05.2011

Skills

  • Architecture & Design: Distributed Systems, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, Data Streaming (Kafka), API Design using Kubernetes
  • Cloud & DevOps: AWS (Certified Solution Architect), Git, Confluence, Bitbucket, Splunk, SonarQube, JIRA
  • Programming: Python, Java, C, JavaScript, SQL
  • Frameworks & Tools: Spring Boot, Reactjs, Kafka, Apache ActiveMQ, K6 (load testing), Selenium, Cucumber, JMeter
  • Databases: Oracle (12c, 19c), PostgreSQL, MySQL,, Redis
  • Monitoring & Analytics: Splunk, Grafana, Performance Monitoring, System Health Analytics
  • Continuous Development Continuous integration: ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub

Websites

Certification

  • AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Languages

Fluent in English and Spanish

Accomplishments

  • 80% reduction in system issue root cause analysis time through architectural monitoring solutions
  • Successful migration of critical manufacturing system from monolithic to distributed architecture
  • Enterprise-wide adoption of testing frameworks and monitoring solutions as organizational blueprints
  • Multiple conference presentations and technical recruiting contributions (SHPE National Conferences 2012-2017)

Timeline

Solution Architect

Texas Instruments
06.2020 - Current

Senior Software Engineer

Texas Instruments
09.2016 - 05.2020

Marketing Engineering

Texas Instruments
12.2015 - 03.2016

Embedded RF Application Engineer

Texas Instruments
08.2012 - 08.2016

Digital LEAP Rotation Program Engineer

Texas Instruments
08.2011 - 08.2012

Bachelor of Science - Computer Hardware Engineering

University of Florida

Master of Science - Computer Engineering

University of Texas at Dallas

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