Tom Mewett
Software Engineer at Codethink
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Mewett is a versatile software engineer with nine years’ experience across embedded systems, backend services, and build & integration work, now based in Cambridge. He combines hands-on firmware contributions—such as improving Raspberry Pi bootloaders, USB booting, VL805 updates and adding secure boot/network install capabilities—with leadership in commercial roles from PlayStation to Codethink. Comfortable across the full software lifecycle, Tom moves between client-facing work, internal design and research, and is confident presenting to technical and non-technical audiences. A fast analytical learner, he repeatedly ships low-level fixes that have outsized impact on device reliability and developer tooling. His career blends contractor agility (running Orthographics) with senior engineering at game and platform companies, showing both breadth and depth. Non-obvious: he has direct experience improving mass-storage and EEPROM tooling used by the widely adopted Raspberry Pi platform, demonstrating production-grade embedded expertise.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics at The University of ManchesterShrewsbury College
Github Skills (19)
bootloader10
firmware10
c1110
c1710
u-boot10
sys10
boot10
updater10
embedded10
eeprom10
raspberry-pi10
live-update10
windows-installer9
sd-card9
usb9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
raspberrypi/usbboot
Dec 2019 - Jan 2023
Raspberry Pi USB device provisioning tool (RPIBOOT)
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 37 reviews, 104 commits in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Tom primarily contributed to the Raspberry Pi USB booting code, focusing on updates to EEPROM images and bootloader configurations. Their work involved fixing serial number handling for BCM2711 processors and improving DDR setup. They also implemented features like erasing the SPI EEPROM and added support for mass-storage-gadget mode, along with integration for the Raspberry Pi Imager. They consistently updated the various firmware binaries and Windows releases.
provisioningraspberry-piusb
raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
Installation scripts and binaries for the Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 bootloader EEPROMs
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:38 releases, 46 reviews, 471 commits in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Tom's contributions center on developing and maintaining the bootloader firmware for Raspberry Pi's EEPROM, specifically focusing on the Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 models. Their work involved implementing new boot modes, improving USB mass storage boot, fixing SD card issues, and updating the VL805 firmware. They also worked on enhancing the overall boot process and adding features like secure boot and network installation capabilities.
bootloaderraspberry-pi
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