Embedded Linux Intern: Rust & Real-Time Robotics

Proception Inc.; Mountain View, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Meals

Commuter Benefit

Snacks and Drinks

Immigration Support

Career Growth

Job summary

Proception Inc. invites applications for an Embedded Linux Intern – Rust / Real-Time Linux to join our platform software team in Mountain View. You will work close to hardware on real-time communication, device integration, observability, and robust deployment using Rust and modern Linux tooling.

The role targets BS/MS students in CS/CE/EE/Robotics, with strong Rust on Linux and OS concepts. Collaboration across software, firmware, and hardware drives this fast-moving robotics environment.

Qualifications

• Pursuing BS or MS in CS, CE, EE, robotics or related field.
• Strong Rust programming skills and Linux comfort.
• Understanding OS processes, threads, networking, memory management.
• Experience debugging with shell tools, logs, gdb, perf or tracing.
• Ability to work across software and hardware in robotics.
• Nice-to-have PREEMPT_RT, kernel config, drivers, Yocto/Buildroot.
• Nice-to-have EtherCAT, SocketCAN, ROS/ROS2, or robotic middleware.
• Nice-to-have async Rust, Tokio, embedded-hal, or observability.
• Nice-to-have CI, container builds, hardware test automation.

Responsibilities

• Develop Rust services and low-level components for embedded Linux robots.
• Integrate fieldbus and device interfaces: CAN, EtherCAT, serial, SPI, Ethernet.
• Measure latency, scheduling, startup reliability, and fault recovery on RT Linux.
• Build diagnostics, logging, telemetry, and test tools for bring-up and debugging.
• Collaborate with firmware, controls, and hardware teams on subsystems.

Skills

Rust programming

Linux

OS concepts

Debugging

Hardware-software integration

Async Rust / Tokio

CI / test automation

Real-time/embedded systems

Education

BS or MS in CS/CE/EE/Robotics

Tools

GDB

Perf

Yocto/Buildroot

CAN / EtherCAT

Job description

Proception Inc. invites applications for an Embedded Linux Intern – Rust / Real-Time Linux to join our platform software team in Mountain View. You will work close to hardware on real-time communication, device integration, observability, and robust deployment using Rust and modern Linux tooling.

The role targets BS/MS students in CS/CE/EE/Robotics, with strong Rust on Linux and OS concepts. Collaboration across software, firmware, and hardware drives this fast-moving robotics environment.