Rust Engineer for Open-Source CPU & Embedded Systems

lowRISC Community Interest Company; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan (up to 12.5%)

33 days holiday pro rata

Private medical insurance

Life insurance

Sabbatical after 4 years

Job summary

lowRISC Community Interest Company is seeking a software engineer skilled in Rust to help build production-ready, open-source silicon building blocks. You will work across firmware, toolchains, and embedded OS development, contributing to Ibex and OpenTitan initiatives.

The role requires deep Rust expertise, a strong understanding of systems programming, and the ability to collaborate with teams based in Cambridge and Zurich. English fluency and a passion for open-source software are essential.

Qualifications

• High proficiency in Rust; ownership, lifetimes, concurrency, memory management, macros.
• Strong knowledge of Rust ecosystem, tools and libraries.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Rust-based software for Ibex and OpenTitan projects.
• Contribute to open source and collaborate with global teams.
• Design and optimize embedded or resource-constrained software.

Skills

Rust programming

Concurrency

Memory management

Procedural macros

Rust ecosystem

English proficiency

Education

Higher degree (PhD/MSc)

Tools

LLVM

C

C++

Python

Bazel

Nix

uv

Job description

lowRISC Community Interest Company is seeking a software engineer skilled in Rust to help build production-ready, open-source silicon building blocks. You will work across firmware, toolchains, and embedded OS development, contributing to Ibex and OpenTitan initiatives.

The role requires deep Rust expertise, a strong understanding of systems programming, and the ability to collaborate with teams based in Cambridge and Zurich. English fluency and a passion for open-source software are essential.