Seamgen is San Diego’s premier Digital Product Agency, dedicated to transforming the digital landscape through innovative design and technology. We create meaningful, integrated digital experiences across mobile and web environments that exceed our clients' expectations.
Job Description
Join an advanced technology initiative with a global satellite telecommunications company developing the next generation of secure network encryption systems. As an expert software engineering consultant, you will play a pivotal role in designing and building a Rust-based Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) for edge hardware.
This is a greenfield consulting engagement, ideal for an engineer with deep embedded systems expertise and a passion for Rust. Your contributions will directly impact national defense and secure communications systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement embedded system software using Rust
- Help stand up a new RTOS architecture from the ground up
- Collaborate with internal engineers and mentor/train team members in Rust
- Lead or support Proof-of-Concept (PoC) development and prototyping efforts
- Develop and maintain secure, high-performance firmware for encryption hardware
- Interface with hardware and systems engineers to ensure seamless integration
- Follow secure coding practices and compliance for defense-grade systems
Expert-level proficiency in Rust (this is non-negotiable)
5+ years of embedded software or RTOS development experience
Strong understanding of systems-level programming and real-time constraints
Hands-on experience with one or more RTOS platforms (FreeRTOS, RTEMS,
Zephyr, etc.)
Familiarity with hardware interfaces: UART, SPI, I2C, etc.
Track record of PoC development, prototyping, or system bring-up
Experience working in defense, satellite, or telecom domains preferred
Comfortable working with low-level debugging and diagnostic tools
Excellent written and verbal communication for team training and documentation
Proficiencies
Rust
Embedded Systems
RTOS (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, RTEMS)
Systems Programming
Device Drivers
Bare Metal / No-Std Environments
PoC / Rapid Prototyping
Secure Firmware
Cross-compilation / Cargo / Build Systems
SPI, I2C, UART, GPIO
Additional Requirements
U.S. Citizenship required
Must hold or be eligible to obtain DoD Security Clearance
Bonus Qualifications
Experience training or mentoring development teams in Rust
Familiarity with satellite communications, encryption hardware, or aerospace
systems
Prior work with high-assurance or fault-tolerant systems
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Top Skills
What We Do
✔ Design & Development ✔ Web & Mobile Applications ✔ Xamarin
// Company Overview \\
Together we can digitize.
Seamgen is San Diego’s premier digital product agency, dedicated to positively impacting the lives and experiences of individuals through the implementation and utilization of design and technology. We integrate digital experiences across mobile and web environments resulting in meaningful interactions for users.
// Services \\
Our capabilities include full stack design and development for web (Angular / React) and mobile applications using iOS (Swift/Obj-C) and Android (Java/Kotlin). We are industry experts in cross-platform development with Xamarin, user experience design, user interface design, development of native mobile applications, Javascript web applications, beacon implementation, digital healthcare software, and highly scalable cloud service architectures using Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.
//GSA Approved\\
Seamgen was recently awarded a GSA Schedule 70, a long-term contract issued by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to a commercial technology vendor, allowing us to enter into business with U.S government agencies as a small business. This new opportunity allows us to partner with like-minded businesses and solve complex challenges for government agencies nationwide. If you are interested in partnering with Seamgen on government contracts, please reach out to [email protected].
// Awards \\
We have ranked multiple years on the Inc. 500 list and made San Diego Business Journal’s “Fastest Growing Private Companies” three years in a row. Recently, we became a Microsoft preferred partner for Xamarin development. We were also ranked #1 by Clutch on the list of Top Custom Software Developers in San Diego for 2018.
