Senior Embedded Rust / Systems Developer

Job DescriptionSenior Embedded Rust / Systems DeveloperLocation: West Sussex (Crawley Area) YT Technologies is partnering with a market-leading specialist engineering firm providing mission-critical technology for the global transport and infrastructure sectors. We are searching for an experienced Senior Rust Developer to join their close-knit, highly collaborative R&D team of 8 engineering professionals.This is a pure systems-level engineering role focused entirely on writing performance-critical software directly for embedded devices, not servers. If you are looking for an autonomous environment where you can solve complex technical challenges using Rusts memory safety and concurrency features, this is your next project.Key Responsibilities Design & Develop: Build and maintain high-performance, safe, and maintainable systems software using Rust. Architecture & Collaboration: Collaborate with team members on architectural decisions, own features end-to-end from design through to

deployment, and participate in code reviews. Performance Optimisation: Debug and optimise systems for performance, memory usage, concurrent programming, and maximum reliability. Hardware Integration: Interface software with custom low-level platforms, handling protocols for connected fleet and transit gateways. Process & Documentation: Participate actively in agile development processes, manage your own workload, and contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing.Essential RequirementsExperience & Technical Skills: Commercial Track Record: A minimum of 2+ years of commercial software development experience, with demonstrable experience deploying Rust in production environments. Systems Programming Foundations: Strong background in Rust, or an expert-level background in C/C++ development paired with strong, demonstrable Rust competence. Low-Level Mastery: Deep comfort with systems programming conceptsspecifically memory management, multi-threading, threading, and concurrency. Rust Specifics: Exceptionally proficient in Rusts ownership model, borrowing mechanisms, and lifetimes. Ecosystem Familiarity: Comfortable operating within Linux/Unix development environments, utilizing version control (Git), and engaging with modern CI/CD practices. Testing & Quality: Proven experience working with testing frameworks and writing long-term maintainable code.If you’d be interested, please apply ASAP as we’re looking to move quickly on this one.Unfortunately, sponsorship is not an option for this role.JBRP1_UKTJ