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