Embedded Engineer Architect – Rust (Safety-Critical Real-Time Systems

Technical Lead – Rust (Safety-Critical Real-Time Systems)

Mountain View, CA

6 Months Contract

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.
• Develop software compliant with ISO 26262
• Support safety analysis activities:
• FMEA
• FMEDA
• FTA
• DFA

Real-Time Systems

• Design solutions for:
• Hard real-time systems
• Interrupt-driven architectures
• Multi-threaded systems
• 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:
• C/C++
• AUTOSAR
• Linux
• QNX
• 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++)
• no_std development
• 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:
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Embedded Systems
• 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