Lead Rust Software Engineer

Two Six Technologies•Arlington, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Two Six Technologies is seeking a Lead Rust Software Engineer to drive the development of secure, high-performance embedded systems written primarily in Rust . In this role, you’ll leverage Rust’s memory-safety and concurrency guarantees to implement robust, low-level software on bare-metal and RTOS-based platforms. As part of an interdisciplinary design team, you’ll apply security-first design principles, integrating cutting-edge hardware, cryptography, and toolchains to build resilient systems from the ground up. Working alongside other passionate, mission-driven professionals, you’ll help transition innovative prototypes into reliable, large-scale solutions supporting critical national security objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or related technical domain
Minimum of 7 years of experience with one or more of the following modern development languages: Python, C , C++, Embedded C
Minimum of 2 years experience with Operating Systems internals (privilege and user groups, binary memory layout) and/or Trusted Execution Environments such as ARM TrustZone
Experience developing memory-safe applications in the Rust programming language
Active Top Secret Clearance (candidate must be willing to pursue higher clearance levels including those requiring a polygraph)
Ability to work on-site at Arlington, VA headquarters

Nice To Haves

Strong leadership and project management skills, with the ability to mentor junior engineers and drive technical execution.
Experience with Rust for embedded applications, especially embassy-rs for STM32 microcontrollers.
Experience developing and/or customizing bootloaders such as WolfBoot, implementing secure firmware update using digital signatures
Basic understanding of memory management concepts (Heap, Stack, Virtual Memory, MMU, Physical vs. Virtual)
Experience with testing, CI/CD pipelines, and virtual machine test ranges
Experience with firmware/driver development across Linux and/or Windows Operating Systems
Top Secret//SCI clearance with polygraph
Graduate degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or related Scientific Domain

Responsibilities

Maturing proof-of-concept R&D technology to operational fieldable solutions
Hardware/Software co-design: Bridging the gap between software and hardware
Developing unit, integration, and hardware-in-loop test regimens to ensure high reliability and resilience in delivered products
Implementing boot-time integrity verification and secure field update capabilities
Development of secure, reliable software, utilizing modern hardware security primitives, best practices, and memory-safe programming languages/strategies.
Support of scalable and modular design methodology
Engaging in technical exchanges with transition partners and key stakeholders