Raymond Chen is a software engineering manager with over 15 years of experience leading firmware and product engineering for HDD and SSD platforms, currently driving Solidigm’s firmware team out of Longmont, Colorado. He blends hands-on firmware debugging and performance tuning with product ownership, having enabled multi-million dollar revenue through feature delivery and customer-focused initiatives like telemetry and release management. Previously he led firmware delivery and field-failure resolution at Seagate, where he acted as SAFe product owner aligning program roadmaps with firmware ARTs. Raymond mentors engineers in technical and customer engagements and coordinates cross-functional priorities to reduce risk and accelerate time-to-market. His background in electrical engineering and industrial management informs a systems-level approach to storage software and customer integration. Outside the obvious, he has sustained a continuous firmware-to-product career arc that uniquely pairs deep low-level technical skill with program-level ownership.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Engineering/Industrial Management, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Engineering/Industrial Management at Arizona State University
BS, Electrical Engineering, BS, Electrical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder
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Raymond Chen - Software Engineering Manager at Solidigm