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

Eagle Technology Competence, LLC.; Mountain View, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Eagle Technology Competence, LLC. is seeking an experienced Rust Software Engineer to develop safe, real-time embedded software for automotive safety-critical systems in Mountain View.

The role combines deep Rust expertise with RTOS concepts to build secure, deterministic platforms for MCU/MPU and multi-core devices. The Technical Lead will drive architecture, integrate with C/C++, AUTOSAR, Linux, QNX, and RTOS platforms, and ensure robust software and safety compliance through design reviews

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field
• 8+ years embedded software development experience
• 3+ years leading architecture teams

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Integrate Rust components with C/C++, AUTOSAR, Linux, QNX, RTOS platforms.
• Develop unit, integration, and system tests.
• Support CI/CD and automated quality gates.

Skills

Rust Programming

Embedded Systems

Real-Time Systems

Communication Protocols

Safety & Quality

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Git/Gerrit

Jenkins/GitHub Actions

CMake/Bazel

QEMU

Lauterbach

Vector CANoe

SonarQube

Job description

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

Location: Mountain View, CA
Type: Onsite
September 10, 2026

Position Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Rust Software Engineer to develop next-generation safety-critical embedded software for automotive real-time systems. The ideal candidate will combine deep expertise in Rust, real-time operating systems, and functional safety standards to build secure, deterministic, and highly reliable software platforms.

The role involves designing and implementing low-level platform components, middleware, device drivers, communication stacks, and safety-critical applications running on MCU, MPU, or heterogeneous multi-core platforms.

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 and 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, Linux, QNX, RTOS platforms
• Develop unit, integration, and system tests.
• Support CI/CD and automated quality gates.

Mandatory Technical Skills

Rust Programming (Expert)

• Ownership, borrowing, lifetimes
• Traits and generics
• Unsafe Rust review and containment
• FFI integration (Rust C/C++)
• Embedded Rust ecosystem
• Cargo workspace management

Embedded Systems

• MCU and MPU architecture
• Memory-mapped peripherals
• DMA, interrupts, watchdogs
• BSP and device drivers

Real-Time Systems

FreeRTOS, Zephyr, SafeRTOS, AUTOSAR OS, QNX, RT Linux

Communication Protocols

SPI, I2C, UART, CAN/CAN-FD, Ethernet, SOME/IP, DDS, BLE, UWB, TCP/IP

Safety & Quality

• ISO 26262 ASIL-B/C/D, MISRA, ASPICE, Static analysis, Formal verification concepts, Safety case development

Development Tools

Git/Gerrit, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, CMake/Bazel, QEMU, Lauterbach, Vector CANoe, SonarQube

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field required

Experience

• 8+ years embedded software development
• 3+ years leading architecture teams