Specialist, Software Engineer (RUST)

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

What You'll Do

L3Harris is seeking an experienced Software Engineer with a strong background in the Rust Programming Language and proven experience developing systems with Rust to guide the next generation of mission-critical systems. Responsibilities include guiding adoption of Rust throughout the software development life cycle, managing integration or conversion of legacy software to Rust, providing best practices and architectural guidance for memory-safe usage of Rust, developing best practices and implementation guidance, and the translation of requirements into working and maintainable solutions for our Integrated Systems & Encryption programs.

The selected candidate will apply technical proficiency across various stages of our SDLC, gather requirements and work closely with stakeholders to prioritize and scope tasks. The selected candidate will be working as a key team member on a Scrum team and will be instrumental in setting our direction and strategy for product and infrastructure development.

Essential Functions

• Support the engineering team members in software application development, specifically with Rust.
• Lead the adoption and deployment of Rust and associated techniques, idioms, design patterns, and tooling throughout multiple product lines.
• Apply computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis concepts and principles in the development of software for the target application(s).
• Work closely with cross functional members of the engineering organization to develop and evaluate interfaces between software libraries, and operational performance requirements and design of the overall system.
• Support and participate in all phases of the software development life cycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, integration, and formal test.
• Investigate root causes of complex issues, and implement solutions, working independently or with a multi-discipline team.
• Develop software test plans and procedures, and other relevant technical documentation.
• Utilize modeling tools and equipment to establish operating data, conduct experimental tests, prototype, and evaluate results.
• Participate in peer reviews, identify, track and repair defects.
• Utilize a variety of software languages (primarily Rust, C/C++) developing code.
• Ability to travel >10% to other L3Harris locations for onboarding, integration, or scrum.

Who You Are

Qualifications include a Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience, or a Graduate Degree with a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience is acceptable. An active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret clearance is required, along with 1+ years of experience developing Rust software for production systems and a deep understanding of the language. At least 2 years of experience with C/C++ development and object-oriented design is also necessary.

Bonus Points

Preferred additional skills include object-oriented design and implementation experience.

Compensation

Job Title: Specialist, Software Engineer (RUST Programming Language) **$10K Sign-On Bonus for qualified candidates**

Location

Job Location: Herndon, VA (On-site)

Schedule

9/80 Regular (9/80 Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off)