Software Engineering Intern (Rust)

Position Title: Software Engineering Intern (Rust)
Requisition ID: [TBD by HR]
Position Location: Fairfax, VA
Position Reports To: Senior Manager, Software Engineering

At Trident Systems, we believe that strong engineering principles are fundamental to driving innovation and solving complex problems. We promote a culture characterized by rigorous engineering practices and a commitment to continuous improvement. This is achieved by leveraging our organization's collective expertise through collaborative development processes, which include thorough design and peer reviews. We can deliver innovative, high-performance solutions that meet our customers' evolving requirements by integrating our specialized knowledge in aerospace electronic systems with appropriately scaled development methodologies.

We are a mission partner supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, and Civil space customers. We develop complex, radiation effects mitigated, designs that balance competing requirements in modern space programs, delivering cutting-edge solutions that enable our customers to achieve more in space.

Position Summary

Trident is evaluating Rust as a potential avenue for future software development. This internship will be to take existing, working and tested C/C++ code and reimplement as a Rust library. Unit and integration tests will be used to confirm the library works similarly to the existing code.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Review existing C/C++ code, build and run tests.
• Add additional testing to cover areas of concern.
• Develop a drop-in replacement library in Rust.
• Test original code and replacement code, analyze and present results.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field. 
• C/C++ experience
• Must be geographically located within a commutable distance to the Trident location

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Rust is desired.
• Unit and integration testing experience is desired.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to communicate results effectively.
• Experience with GIT and Jira is preferred.

Trident Systems reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position. 

Trident Solutions is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact recruiting@tridsys.com.

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