Principal RUST Software Engineer
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Job Location:
Washington, AR - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 200000 - 250000
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Principal RUST Software Engineer
Washington DC
Full-time Onsite (No Remote Options)
9/80 Work Week (Every Other Friday Off)
Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance REQUIRED
$200000 to $250000 Bonus Full Benefits
Summary
Seeking a Principal RUST Software Engineer to serve as a key technical leader in the strategic evolution of our mission-critical systems. This role is not just about writing code; it is about providing expert-level architectural direction and driving organizational change. The Principal Engineer will be instrumental in setting the direction and strategy for product and infrastructure development by leading the full-scale adoption and deployment of the RUST programming language across multiple embedded product lines. You will be responsible for defining the RUST engineering roadmap ensuring code is secure and memory-safe and mentoring senior and junior engineers on complex implementation patterns for our C5 and Cyber Solution Centers. The selected candidate will operate as a key team member on a Scrum team shaping the future of secure high-assurance software in the aerospace and defense sector.
Key Responsibilities
RUST Strategic Leadership: Define champion and drive the comprehensive strategy and roadmap for RUST adoption deployment and integration across multiple mission-critical product lines ensuring technical alignment with long-term business goals.
Architectural Guidance & Standards: Establish and enforce principal-level best practices design patterns and architectural standards for memory-safe and efficient usage of RUST especially in resource-constrained embedded environments.
Technical Mentorship & Development: Serve as the primary technical mentor subject matter expert and ultimate reviewer for RUST code and complex design artifacts significantly elevating the skill set of the broader engineering team.
Legacy Modernization: Guide and execute the complex integration or conversion of significant legacy C/C software components into production-ready RUST solutions prioritizing security and performance parity.
High-Assurance Software Development: Apply expert-level computer science engineering and mathematical analysis concepts to develop high-assurance maintainable software (primarily in RUST C/C and Python) for embedded real-time operating systems (e.g. VxWorks Linux Integrity).
Advanced Troubleshooting: Investigate diagnose and resolve the root causes of the most complex and systemic technical issues (e.g. race conditions memory issues) at the system level often requiring independent judgment and cross-functional team leadership.
SDLC Ownership: Drive and participate in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle including leading requirements decomposition system-level design review implementation hardware-software integration and formal test verification.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate closely with program managers systems engineers and external stakeholders to translate high-level mission requirements into prioritized scoped and actionable technical tasks.
Develop software test plans procedures and relevant technical documentation ensuring compliance with industry and customer standards (e.g. NSA Type 1 DO-178).
Qualifications
Experience: A minimum of 12 years of progressive prior relevant experience demonstrating increasing technical responsibility with a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer Science or a related field (or 10 years with a Graduate Degree or 16 years without a degree).
RUST Expertise: 5 years of hands-on experience developing production RUST software including a demonstrated deep architectural understanding of the language its concurrency models and its application to high-assurance systems.
C/C Interoperability: Extensive experience with C/C development and object-oriented design particularly in scenarios requiring integration or conversion to RUST.
Clearance: Must be a U.S. Citizen with an Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance.
Preferred Additional Skills
Experience developing RUST software for embedded systems.
Experience converting CC code to RUST.
Object-oriented design and implementation experience with exposure to software modeling and UML tools such as IBM Rhapsody or Magic Draw/Cameo.
Experience developing device drivers and Board Support Packages for real-time embedded systems.
Experience with Information Assurance and/or cryptography.
Experience with NSA Type 1 certification or other SW certification such as DO-178.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Python
- System Design
- Agile
- C/C++
- Go
- Systems Engineering
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
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