Rust Software Engineer

Job Title: Rust Software Engineer

Location: Mountain View, CA

Duration: Contract 

Job Description:

Position Summary

·       We are seeking an experienced Rust Software Engineer to develop next-generation safety-critical embedded software for automotive real-time systems.

·       The ideal candidate will combine deep expertise in Rust, real-time operating systems, and functional safety standards to build secure, deterministic, and highly reliable software platforms.

·       The role involves designing and implementing low-level platform components, middleware, device drivers, communication stacks, and safety-critical applications running on MCU, MPU, or heterogeneous multi-core platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Software Architecture & Development

·       Design and develop safety-critical embedded software using Rust.

·       Develop low-level platform software, middleware, drivers, and system services.

·       Build high-performance real-time applications with deterministic behavior.

·       Define software architecture and interface specifications.

·       Optimize memory footprint, startup time, and CPU utilization.

·       Perform code reviews and ensure compliance with safety guidelines.

Functional Safety

·       Contribute to safety concept implementation and software safety requirements.

o     Develop software compliant with ISO 26262

·       Support safety analysis activities:

o     FMEA

o     FMEDA

o     FTA

o     DFA

Real-Time Systems

·       Design solutions for:

o     Hard real-time systems

o     Interrupt-driven architectures

o     Multi-threaded systems

o     Time-sensitive networking

·       Analyze worst case execution time (WCET).

·       Develop interrupt-safe and lock-free software components.

·       Ensure deterministic system behavior.

Security & Reliability

·       Implement secure boot and trusted execution concepts.

·       Apply secure coding practices.

·       Design memory-safe software architectures.

·       Perform threat analysis and mitigate cybersecurity risks.

Integration & Validation

·       Integrate Rust components with:

o     C/C++

o     AUTOSAR

o     Linux

o     QNX

o     RTOS platforms

·       Develop unit, integration, and system tests.

·       Support CI/CD and automated quality gates.

Mandatory Technical Skills

Rust Programming (Expert)

·       Ownership, borrowing, lifetimes

·       Traits and generics

·       Async programming

·       Unsafe Rust review and containment

·       FFI integration (Rust ↔ C/C++)

·       Embedded Rust ecosystem

·       Cargo workspace management

Embedded Systems

·       Bare-metal development

·       MCU and MPU architecture

·       ARM Cortex-M / Cortex-R / Cortex-A

·       Memory-mapped peripherals

·       DMA, interrupts, watchdogs

·       BSP and device drivers

Real-Time Systems

·       FreeRTOS

·       Zephyr

·       SafeRTOS

·       AUTOSAR OS

·       QNX

·       RT Linux

Communication Protocols

·       SPI

·       I2C

·       UART

·       CAN / CAN-FD

·       Ethernet

·       SOME/IP

·       DDS

·       BLE

·       UWB

·       TCP/IP

Safety & Quality

·       ISO 26262 ASIL-B/C/D

·       MISRA

·       ASPICE

·       Static analysis

·       Formal verification concepts

·       Safety case development

Development Tools

·       Git/Gerrit

·       Jenkins/GitHub Actions

·       CMake/Bazel

·       QEMU

·       Lauterbach

·       Vector CANoe

·       SonarQube

Preferred Qualifications

Automotive Domain

·       AUTOSAR Classic

·       Secure ECU communication

·       Vehicle networking

·       SDV architectures

·       HSM integration

Advanced Skills

·       Hypervisors

·       Mixed-criticality systems

·       Multi-core safety architectures

·       Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)

·       Cryptography

·       Formal methods

·       Rust safety-qualified toolchains

Education

·       Bachelor's or Master's degree in:

o     Computer Engineering

o     Electrical Engineering

o     Embedded Systems

o     Computer Science

Experience

For Technical Lead

·       8+ years embedded software development

·       3+ years leading architecture teams

·       Safety-certified product experience

Ideal Candidate Profile

·       Strong C/C++ background transitioning to Rust

·       Experience delivering ASIL-B to ASIL-D systems

·       Deep understanding of real-time constraints

·       Comfortable reviewing and justifying unsafe Rust usage

·       Excellent debugging and system-level problem-solving skills

·       Experience building software for vehicle ECUs, controllers, gateways, cockpit platforms, or safety domains