About the Role

The Lead Embedded Rust Engineer will design and develop safety-critical embedded software for automotive real-time systems. This role requires strong expertise in Rust and embedded systems, along with leadership experience in software architecture and development.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop safety-critical embedded software using Rust.
Lead software architecture and development of low-level platform software, middleware, device drivers, and system services.
Build deterministic, high-performance real-time applications.
Optimize memory footprint, startup time, CPU utilization, and execution performance.
Implement software aligned with ISO 26262 and applicable ASIL requirements.
Support safety analysis activities, including FMEA, FMEDA, FTA, and DFA.
Develop interrupt-safe, multithreaded, and lock-free components; analyze worst-case execution time (WCET).
Integrate Rust components with C/C++, AUTOSAR, Linux, QNX, and RTOS platforms.
Implement secure coding practices, secure boot, and memory-safe software architectures.
Lead code reviews, debugging, testing, and continuous integration activities.

Mandatory Technical Skills

Expert-level Rust programming, including ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, traits, generics, and async programming.
Experience with unsafe Rust review, FFI integration between Rust and C/C++, and no_std development.
Strong knowledge of embedded Rust and Cargo workspace management.
Embedded systems experience with bare-metal development, MCU/MPU architectures, ARM Cortex-M/R/A, device drivers, DMA, interrupts, and watchdogs.
Experience with real-time operating systems such as FreeRTOS, Zephyr, SafeRTOS, AUTOSAR OS, QNX, or RT Linux.
Knowledge of communication protocols, including SPI, I2C, UART, CAN/CAN-FD, Ethernet, SOME/IP, DDS, BLE, UWB, and TCP/IP.
Strong understanding of ISO 26262, ASIL-B/C/D, MISRA, and ASPICE.
Familiarity with static analysis, formal verification concepts, and safety case development.
Experience with Git/Gerrit, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, CMake/Bazel, QEMU, Lauterbach, Vector CANoe, or SonarQube.

Required Experience

8+ years of embedded software development experience.
3+ years of software architecture or technical leadership experience.
Experience delivering safety-certified products.
Strong C/C++ background, ideally combined with hands-on Rust development.
Experience developing ASIL-compliant systems and working with real-time constraints.
Ability to review and justify unsafe Rust usage and troubleshoot complex system-level issues.

Preferred Qualifications

Automotive experience with Classic AUTOSAR, secure ECU communication, vehicle networking, and Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV).
Knowledge of hardware security modules (HSM), hypervisors, mixed-criticality systems, and multicore safety architectures.
Experience with Trusted Execution Environments (TEE), cryptography, formal methods, or safety-qualified Rust toolchains.
Experience developing software for vehicle ECUs, controllers, gateways, cockpit platforms, or safety domains.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, or a related discipline.

Interested Candidates

Please share your updated resume at anjali.pathak@sincera.com

Requirements

Embedded Software Development

8+ years of experience in embedded software development is required.

Rust Programming

Expert-level Rust programming skills are mandatory.

Software Architecture Leadership

3+ years of experience in software architecture or technical leadership is necessary.

Real-Time Systems

Experience with real-time operating systems is essential.

Safety Standards Knowledge

Strong understanding of ISO 26262 and ASIL requirements is required.

Nice to Have

Automotive Experience

Experience with Classic AUTOSAR and vehicle networking is preferred.

Hardware Security Knowledge

Familiarity with hardware security modules and mixed-criticality systems is a plus.