
Lead Embedded Software Engineer - Rust Development
At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world’s most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust, we push the boundaries of what’s possible to empower our team and support our customers in building a safer global future.
Overview of Opportunity
Two Six Technologies is looking for a Lead Embedded Software Engineer to join our team in Arlington, Virginia. As part of an interdisciplinary design team, you'll develop embedded software on bare metal and RTOS-based systems, implementing security from first principles using state-of-the-art hardware, languages, toolchains, and cryptography. Working alongside other passionate, motivated professionals, you will help rapidly transition new prototype products to large-scale production in service of important national security missions.
Responsibilities Include:
- 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
Minimum Qualifications:
- 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
Security Clearance:
- Active Top Secret Clearance (candidate must be willing to pursue higher clearance levels including those requiring a polygraph)
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Two Six Technologies is committed to providing competitive and comprehensive compensation packages that reflect the value we place on our employees and their contributions. We believe in rewarding skills, experience, and performance. Our offerings include but are not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, retirement benefits, paid leave, tuition assistance and professional development.
The projected salary range listed for this position is annualized. This is a general guideline and not a guarantee of salary. Salary is one component of our total compensation package and the specific salary offered is determined by various factors, including, but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills, geographic location, as well as contract specific affordability and organizational requirements.
Salary Range
$156,060 - $234,090 USD
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