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About the Singularity Defense Corp.
We are a stealth-mode Aerospace & Defense startup headquartered in El Segundo, CA. Our founding team hails from SpaceX, Anduril, and Lockheed Martin, and we are backed by Joint Sta-level military leadership and top-tier Silicon Valley rms. We're assembling a high-agency team committed to moving fast, solving hard problems, and defending what matters most. With a world-class business development & leadership team already in place, we are well positioned to capitalize on already overwhelming demand.

About the Role
Our GNC (Guidance, Navigation & Control) & Flight Software teams leverage Elodin—a high-fidelity simulation platform and telemetry engine—to accelerate hardware-in-the-loop test benches and streamline data pipelines. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own critical contributions to and leverage the use of Elodin to greatly accelerate the needs of the GNC & Flight Software teams. The Vision Joins our mission to push the boundaries of real-time simulation. You’ll work on Elodin’s Rust core, extend Bevy-based visualization modules, and integrate with hardware-in-the-loop benches to ensure world‑class fidelity and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive Elodin’s Evolution: Own end-to-end feature design, implementation, and maintenance in Elodin’s Rust codebase (simulation kernels, telemetry engine, hardware-interface layer).
• Performance & Reliability: Prole, optimize, and harden real-time simulation loops and data streams for millisecond‑scale fidelity.
• Bevy & GUI Frameworks: Architect and extend Bevy-based modules and other Rust GUI/graphics frameworks (e.g., egui) for 3D scenario rendering, instrumentation overlays, and interactive test-bench UIs.
• Hardware-in-the-Loop Integration: Collaborate with test‑bench engineers to develop and debug low-latency drivers and interface layers for Fight-control hardware.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with GNC algorithm developers, systems engineers, and telemetry analysts to translate requirements into robust software solutions.
• Mentorship & Standards: Coach junior engineers, lead design reviews, and help dene Rust-centric best practices (ownership, error-handling, async patterns, CI/CD).

Requirements

• 6+ years professional experience in Rust development, including asynchronous programming, multi-threading, and ownership models.
• Hands-on experience with Bevy or similar ECS-driven frameworks.
• Familiarity with other Rust GUI/graphics libraries (e.g., egui)
• Solid background in real-time or scientific simulation (preferably aerospace or defense).
• Proficiency in profiling and optimizing Rust code (e.g., perf, cargo-flamegraph, valgrind).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control best practices (Git), and automated testing.
• Strong system‑level debugging skills (JTAG, embedded trace, hardware probes).
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related eld.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior work on Flight-control, navigation, or guidance algorithms.
• Contributions to Rust or Bevy open-source ecosystems (crates, plugins, tooling).
• Experience with Rust-based web frameworks (Actix, Rocket) or cloud-native services.
• Knowledge or experience with JAX accelerated array mathematics library implementations.
• Knowledge or experience with NixOS and Nix development concepts.
• Familiarity with telemetry protocols (e.g., MAVLink, custom binary formats, etc).
• Experience with numerical methods, scientific computing, or machine-learning-accelerated simulations.
• Security-critical coding experience (MISRA-Rust, safe abstractions, formal methods).

Why You’ll Love It

• Impact: Your work directly shapes next‑gen missile systems’ fidelity and safety.
• Ownership: Full ownership of critical simulation components, backed by a small, expert team.
• Growth: Deepen expertise at the intersection of Rust, real‑time simulation, and aerospace.
• Culture: Collaborative, mission-driven environment where innovation and rigor go hand-in-hand. Singularity Defense Corp is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. If you’re passionate about real‑time systems and love solving complex challenges in Rust, we want to hear from you!