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

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 #J-18808-Ljbffr Eagle Technology Competence, LLC