Matt Redfearn
Staff Software Engineer at Blaize
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Redfearn is a Staff Software Engineer with 15 years of embedded systems experience, spanning ultra-low-power microcontrollers through multi-core platforms and embedded Linux. He leads architecture and development for Blaize's Linux kernel mode driver and low-level userspace stack for AI accelerators, bringing silicon bring-up, ARM64 kernel/dtb work, and kernel driver features to production. A chartered engineer with the IET, he combines hands-on engineering with project leadership, having delivered systems end-to-end and mentored small teams. He is a staunch advocate of open source and Linux where it meets business needs, with a track record of upstream kernel contributions and toolchain enhancements, plus extensive CI/automation and validation infrastructure. His background includes senior kernel work at MIPS, NXP's OpenWrt-based IoT gateway, and diverse embedded roles, reflecting a versatile, hardware-plus-software expertise. Based in Leeds, UK, he holds an MEng in Cybernetics from Reading and a Management certificate from Bath, underscoring a blend of technical depth and strategic thinking.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MEng, Cybernetics, MEng, Cybernetics at University of ReadingPostgraduate Certificate, Management, Postgraduate Certificate, Management at University of BathHipperholme Grammar School
English, German
Github Skills (14)
multiprocessor10
debugging10
interrupt10
multiprocessing10
debug10
interrupt-handling10
debugprint10
assembly10
embedded10
smp10
linux-kernel10
sys10
mips10
memory-management8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
MIPS/mips-rproc-example
Jun 2016 - Aug 2017
Contributions:13 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
mpredfearn/simple-printf
Jun 2016 - Jun 2019
A simple, BSD licensed, printf implementation for embedded systems.
Contributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 3 years
headlicensedorangepiembedded-systemshal
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