Technical Lead – Rust; Safety-Critical Systems Job Northern Kentucky USA,Software Development

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/Git Hub Actions, CMake/Bazel, QEMU, Lauterbach, Vector CANoe, Sonar Qube

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