Hugo Mcnally
Co-Founder at Tendrils Compute
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolHugo Mcnally is a Co-Founder and hardware-software engineer with seven years of experience building embedded systems and developer-facing tools across startups and research. He previously contributed to the OpenTitan open-source silicon root-of-trust project, focusing on low-level chip and peripheral testing that bridges hardware and firmware. Hugo’s background blends an MSc in AI/ML from Imperial College with hands-on digital design and verification experience from roles at lowRISC, ON Semiconductor and KP Acoustics, where he shipped device configuration and data-visualization software. Comfortable moving between research (reinforcement learning for collective decision making) and production engineering, he brings a pragmatic, test-driven approach to securing and validating silicon and IoT products. Based in the UK, he now channels that multidisciplinary expertise into Tendrils Compute, combining systems-level rigor with startup execution.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MSc Computing (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning), Master of Science - MSc Computing (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) at Imperial College LondonBachelor of Engineering - BEng Electronic Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BEng Electronic Engineering at University of SouthamptonA-Level, A-Level at Eastbourne College
Github Skills (9)
c1710
unit-testing10
embedded10
c1110
abstraction-layer10
sys10
hal10
test-automation9
risc-v9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
lowRISC/opentitan
Jun 2022 - Oct 2022
OpenTitan: Open source silicon root of trust
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:315 reviews, 12 commits, 101 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Hugo primarily contributes to the OpenTitan project by adding and modifying unit tests and chip-level tests, demonstrating a focus on hardware-software interaction. Their work includes implementing tests for the HMAC peripheral, address translation functionality for the Ibex core, and the RV_DM access after wakeup test. The commits reveal a strong emphasis on low-level hardware testing and integration within the embedded systems context of the OpenTitan project.
root-of-trustrootsilicontrust
HU90m/serviam
Aug 2019 - Mar 2023
Contributions:40 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
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