Rust Software Engineer (Safety-Critical Real-Time Systems)

SA Technologies Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

SA Technologies Inc. in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Technical Lead for Rust in safety-critical real-time systems.

You will architect and develop embedded software, including low-level platform software, middleware, drivers, and services, with a strong focus on deterministic performance. The role requires designing interfaces, reducing memory and startup times, and ensuring compliance with safety guidelines.

Qualifications

• Degree in one of: Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, or Computer Science.
• Experience building safety-critical embedded software.
• Strong grasp of real-time concepts and deterministic behavior.

Responsibilities

• Define software architecture and interface specifications for Rust components.
• Develop low-level platform software, middleware, drivers and system services.
• Integrate Rust with C/C++, AUTOSAR and QNX; ensure robust testing.
• Contribute to unit, integration and system tests; support CI/CD.

Skills

Rust

Embedded systems

Real-time design

Software architecture

C/C++ interop

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering/Embedded Systems/Computer Science

Tools

AUTOSAR

QNX

Job description

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

Location: Onsite Mountain View, CA

Responsibilities

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.

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
• QNX

Develop unit, integration, and system tests.

• Support CI/CD and automated quality gates.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in:

Computer Engineering/ Electrical Engineering /Embedded Systems /Computer Science