Summary
Chris Sammis is a Technical Lead Software Engineer with 13+ years of experience building embedded firmware, sensor platforms, and algorithms for consumer and enterprise products, currently leading MEMS sensor platform development at Garmin. He combines deep hands-on firmware work—PCB/layout guidance, sensor calibration, and automated unit testing—with people leadership and cross-site collaboration to drive manufacturable, high-quality sensor solutions. His background spans low-level device drivers, video and thermal processing, and enterprise search systems, giving him uncommon breadth from embedded hardware to cloud-backed enterprise features. He has a track record of mentoring engineers and shaping factory calibration processes internationally, and he’s known for turning tricky hardware-software integration problems into reliable production outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer science, BS Computer science at Iowa State University