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Embedded Software Engineer- Active Secret clearance - Direct Hire

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Embedded Software Engineer- Active Secret clearance - Direct Hire

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Rust

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Contract type:

Permanent

Salary:

$130,000 – $140,000 / year

Location:

Tampa, FL, USA

Work mode:

Onsite

Published on:

20 September 2026

What they need


Join a team developing security critical embedded software and firmware for high assurance cryptographic systems supporting the U.S. Department of Defense, NATO, and allied partners.

This is a hands on engineering role focused on secure embedded development, C and Rust, cryptographic systems, and software that goes through formal security certification.

What You’ll Work On

  • Develop embedded software primarily in C and Rust

  • Work on cryptographic and key management systems

  • Support secure communications, remote rekey, and lifecycle management

  • Modernize legacy C codebases and develop Rust based embedded solutions

  • Design security boundaries and trusted services

  • Support NSA High Assurance certification activities

  • Develop requirements, architecture, interface, and design documentation

  • Perform unit, integration, acceptance, and hardware in the loop testing

  • Work closely with systems, hardware, security, and test engineers

Required

  • Active U.S. Government Secret clearance

  • U.S. Citizenship

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

  • 5+ years of embedded software development in C and Rust

  • Low level embedded development and debugging

  • ARM processors and SoC platforms

  • Firmware and hardware/software integration

  • Strong understanding of memory management, concurrency, and deterministic embedded behavior

Preferred

  • 8+ years of embedded or firmware development

  • Rust in constrained embedded environments

  • NSA High Assurance, RMF, or similar DoD security frameworks

  • Cryptographic systems, key management, secure boot, or trust architectures

  • OpenOCD, GDB, JTAG/SWD

  • AMD Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC or similar platforms

  • Agile or waterfall development experience

Direct Hire | Tampa, FL | ~5% Travel

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