Chris Ritchey
Sr. Software Engineer at Amgen
California, United States
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Top SchoolChris Ritchey is a senior software engineer based in California with 13 years of experience building reliable, embedded and backend systems across industries from medical devices to 3D printing. He brings deep C++ and Python expertise along with hands-on skills in Perl, Android and Bash, and a strong foundation in CS and physics from Westmont College. Chris has led CI/CD and release engineering efforts, designed event-driven control software for improved reliability, and built asynchronous and JSON/WebSocket protocols to streamline interprocess and network communications. He mentors junior engineers, drives reproducible build automation across platforms (Arm and x86), and has a practical knack for reverse-engineering and stabilizing legacy systems. An active contributor to the Rigs of Rods soft-body physics simulator, he marries low-level simulation insight with production-grade engineering practices.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Westmont College
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Github Skills (18)
simulation10
debug10
c-language10
simulations10
cprogramming-language10
game-dev9
data-structure9
game-engine9
game-development9
data-structures9
qml6
accurev6
method-chaining6
fluent-interface6
vbnet6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
RigsOfRods/rigs-of-rods
Dec 2014 - Mar 2016
Main development repository for Rigs of Rods soft-body physics simulator
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 19 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Chris appears to be involved in the development and maintenance of the Rigs of Rods physics simulator. Their contributions include fixing bugs, such as a crash when loading vehicles and fixing GUI element instantiation. They also refactored code by separating header files for better organization and preparing code changes for the integration of new drivetrain changes.
physicsphysics-simulationtrainssoft-bodiescars
Aperion/rigsofrods-next-stable
Jan 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:29 pushes, 48 branches in 1 year 4 months
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