Rust Embedded Engineer for 400G FPGA HW

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a Software Development Engineer to build embedded software for advanced 400G+ solutions on custom hardware, including Rust-based development and low-level drivers. You will work on secure, high-assurance systems and participate in CI/CD driven validation.

The role requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph eligibility and collaboration with hardware and software teams across government-focused platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 3+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience.
• 2+ years of experience with at least one system programming language such as C, C++, or Rust.
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded software using Rust and integrate with third party libraries for end-to-end high assurance 400G+ solutions.
• Develop low level drivers for ARM and RISC-V targets, Linux drivers and kernel modules, business logic, and scalable software solutions to interoperate with AWS services.
• Implement cryptographic and security requirements from government standards into embedded designs.
• Implement keying functionality including key generation, establishment, distribution, storage, and zeroization to meet government certification standards.
• Collaborate with design and system engineers to tradeoffs and implement solutions for customers.
• Participate in design meetings to plan development and review peer designs.
• Write and maintain unit tests, integration tests, and hardware-in-the-loop tests via CI/CD pipelines.
• Debug issues across the hardware/software boundary including RTL, firmware, and driver interactions.

Skills

Rust

C/C++

System programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a Software Development Engineer to build embedded software for advanced 400G+ solutions on custom hardware, including Rust-based development and low-level drivers. You will work on secure, high-assurance systems and participate in CI/CD driven validation.

The role requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph eligibility and collaboration with hardware and software teams across government-focused platforms.