Embedded Rust Trainer - Freelance

We are looking for an experienced Embedded Rust Trainer to deliver a 21-hour corporate training program focused on Embedded Rust for developers and embedded systems engineers.

📅 Training Details

Duration: 21 hours (3 days, 7 hours/day)

Dates: September 29 (Monday) – October 1 (Wednesday), 2025

Mode: Online (Live, Instructor-led)

⚙️ Set-up Requirements

Rust (open source): Install Rust

👩‍💻 Audience

Developers

Embedded Systems Engineers

✅ Prerequisites for Learners

Basic understanding of programming concepts

Familiarity with at least one programming language (C or C++)

Knowledge of microcontrollers and their peripherals

General understanding of embedded systems development

📚 Course Outline

Day 1 – Rust Foundations & Development Environment (7 hrs)

Introduction to Embedded Systems Programming

What are embedded systems?

Challenges in embedded systems development

Why Rust? Safety, reliability, and modern tooling

Rust community & resources for continued learning

Setting up the Development Environment

Installing Rust for embedded systems

Configuring toolchains & environment

Exploring microcontroller families & platforms

MCU ecosystem maturity & supported vendors

References to real-world embedded Rust projects

Rust Language Essentials for Embedded Systems

Overview of Rust syntax relevant to embedded

Ownership, Borrowing, and Lifetimes (deep dive)

Memory management in constrained systems

no_std vs std environments; allocator vs no-allocator models

Handling interrupts and low-level programming basics

Lab: Cross-compiling a simple Rust “blinky” program to run on emulator/board

Day 2 – Hardware Access, Drivers, and Concurrency (7 hrs)

Working with Peripherals and Device Drivers

GPIO, Timers, PWM

UART, SPI, I2C communication

Writing a generic, reusable hardware driver

HAL bring-up and porting from C to Rust

Low-Level Abstractions and Hardware Access

Memory-mapped registers

Safe vs unsafe abstractions

Using HAL libraries (embedded-hal)

Comparing HAL/framework maturity (RTIC, Embassy, etc.)

Concurrency and Real-Time Programming

Multitasking & concurrency in embedded Rust

Synchronization & RT scheduling

Interrupt-driven concurrency with RTIC

Async programming with Embassy

Lab: Write a driver for UART/SPI in Rust + extend with concurrency (interrupt handling)

Day 3 – Debugging, Optimization, Safety, and Capstone (7 hrs)

Debugging and Testing Embedded Applications

Debugging with probe-rs, GDB, QEMU, Renode

Unit testing & integration testing

Profiling & optimizing Rust embedded code

Diagnosing ownership/borrowing compile-time errors

Power Management & Low-Power Optimization

Power consumption strategies

Low-power case studies in IoT

Safety and Security Considerations

Memory safety in embedded Rust

Error handling & resilience strategie

Secure comms & cryptography basics

Capstone Project

Implement a driver or peripheral interface in Rust

Add concurrency (RTIC/Embassy)

Debug and test on emulator/hardware

Wrap-up & Next Steps

Roadmap for contributing to Rust embedded community

Lab: Capstone integration project – build a complete Rust embedded application

🎯 Trainer Requirements

Strong hands-on experience with Rust programming, especially in embedded systems.

Prior experience in teaching/training Rust or embedded systems programming.

Familiarity with microcontroller families, embedded-hal, RTIC, Embassy, and debugging tools like probe-rs, GDB, QEMU, Renode.

Ability to design and deliver interactive labs and real-world examples.

Excellent communication skills and prior experience conducting corporate trainings preferred.