# Secure Embedded Software Engineer

Unlock the power of Safety and Mission Critical Engineering with QDSS. We are seeking exceptional individuals to join our elite team- where your expertise will make an impact that matters. Elevate your career in a company dedicated to excellence and the pursuit of safety and mission success. Quest Defense Systems & Solutions is seeking a Secure Embedded Software Engineer with hands-on Rust experience to develop low-level software for advanced aerospace and defense systems. You’ll design, implement, test, and integrate secure embedded software supporting board support packages, hardware interfaces, and FPGA-based platforms. This is an opportunity to join upcoming programs at an early stage, influence the software architecture, and work closely with systems, hardware, and FPGA engineers. The role is ideal for someone who enjoys memory-safe systems programming, hardware-near development, and solving complex challenges within secure, mission-critical environments. This position is onsite based in El Segundo, CA. Relocation assistance is available. U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance are required. Active Secret clearance is preferred. What You’ll Do Design, de

- **Id**: 3774152
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/quest-defense-secure-embedded-software-engineer-3>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: El Segundo, United States, Cedar Rapids, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T20:44:10Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T10:39:58Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6642
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Professional development, Relocation assistance
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Military, Embedded & Electronics Design, Avionics & Flight Control, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 618
- **Name**: Quest Defense
- **Domain**: quest-defense.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/quest-defense>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 21
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.714
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 30
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 130000
- **Max**: 145000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 145000

## Technologies

- **Rust** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes
- **DO-178C** — Optional: yes
- **Linux** — Optional: yes
- **RTOS** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T22:37:42Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 145000
- **Is top pay**: no

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