Rust Systems Engineer | Post-Quantum Security | Distributed & Autonomous Systems
I build secure, reliability-critical infrastructure in Rust, with current work spanning post-quantum cryptography, distributed systems, embedded/aerospace software, and portable runtimes.
My open-source work includes contributions across post-quantum cryptography, aerospace/telemetry, distributed reliability, and systems software.
I am developing Quantum-Safe Agentic Infrastructure: a practical architecture for securing long-lived, autonomous, and AI-driven systems in a post-quantum environment.
Current focus
- Post-quantum cryptography and secure key infrastructure
- Rust systems and runtime engineering
- Distributed systems reliability
- Embedded, aerospace, and autonomous systems
- Secure sandboxed execution
Manifesto: quantum-safe-agentic-infrastructure
Architecture & threat model: quantum-vault-architecture
Systems and security engineer with 9+ years of experience across infrastructure, embedded systems, security, and performance-sensitive software, with a current focus on Rust and post-quantum systems.
I contribute to systems projects where correctness, portability, security, and reliability matter.
- Open Quantum Safe / liboqs-rust — post-quantum cryptography, Rust/C interoperability, build portability, CI, and platform-specific issues
- rust-mavlink — MAVLink protocol tooling and aerospace/telemetry systems in Rust
- sat-rs — spacecraft and embedded Rust software
- Ericsson ecChronos — distributed scheduling, repair, and reliability
- WASM/runtime projects — portable and sandboxed systems execution
53 merged pull requests across 10 external repositories. Automatically generated from my upstream GitHub contributions.
Ericsson/codechecker — 1 merged PR
| PR | Contribution |
|---|---|
| #4777 | docker: add container HEALTHCHECK |
Ericsson/ecchronos — 9 merged PRs
| PR | Contribution |
|---|---|
| #1769 | test: verify node registration before scheduling |
| #1742 | test: add ConfigurationHelper regression coverage |
| #1708 | test: cover successful scheduled job not rerun before interval |
| #1660 | test: add focused coverage for session lock pooling |
| #1562 | test: improve keyspace readiness diagnostics |
View all 9 merged PRs in Ericsson/ecchronos
hansonp303/rust_checker — 23 merged PRs
| PR | Contribution |
|---|---|
| #28 | Feature/junit xml export |
| #27 | Add JUnit XML export to target/report.xml for CI reporting |
| #26 | Fix: use actions-rs/toolchain@v1 for Rust setup in CI |
| #25 | Add GitHub Actions CI workflow for rust_checker |
| #24 | Add plugin template generator with --gen-plugin |
View all 23 merged PRs in hansonp303/rust_checker
malekchule/nanobot_control_system — 11 merged PRs
| PR | Contribution |
|---|---|
| #13 | Plugin system |
| #12 | feat: integrate Prometheus task and unit metrics into main logic |
| #11 | feat: expose Prometheus metrics for task execution and active units |
| #10 | feat: add NanobotSwarm and NanobotUnit for simulating multi-bot envir… |
| #9 | feat: implement file-based persistence for NanobotTask in TaskManager |
View all 11 merged PRs in malekchule/nanobot_control_system
mavlink/rust-mavlink — 2 merged PRs
| PR | Contribution |
|---|---|
| #521 | fix: decode XML entities in generated rustdoc |
| #520 | docs: add frame constants usage example |
nebari-dev/nebari-infrastructure-core — 2 merged PRs
| PR | Contribution |
|---|---|
| #121 | CI: Automatically regenerate OpenTofu lockfiles for provider templates |
| #89 | test: add unit tests for GetKubeconfig (fixes #9) |
open-quantum-safe/liboqs — 1 merged PR
| PR | Contribution |
|---|---|
| #2508 | Fix ARM SHA2 build with AppleClang on macOS |
open-quantum-safe/liboqs-rust — 2 merged PRs
| PR | Contribution |
|---|---|
| #312 | feat: expose padded Falcon signature algorithms |
| #309 | fix: update wrapper for latest liboqs algorithm names |
tokio-rs/tokio — 1 merged PR
| PR | Contribution |
|---|---|
| #7923 | task: clarify when to use spawn_blocking vs dedicated threads |
us-irs/sat-rs — 1 merged PR
| PR | Contribution |
|---|---|
| #4 | fix: correct CCSDS packet length calculation |
- Rust Systems Engineering
- Post-Quantum Cryptography
- Secure Key Management & HSMs
- Distributed Systems Reliability
- Embedded & Aerospace Systems
- Secure Runtime / WASM Infrastructure
A manifesto and reference framework for securing AI-driven, post-quantum, and distributed digital infrastructure using Rust, PQC, agentic AI security, and reproducible systems engineering.
Connects my work across post-quantum cryptography, Quantum Vault, agentic AI security labs, blast-radius evaluation, reproducible quantum compilation, and distributed systems reliability.
View the manifesto
Optimizes Solana validator performance with snapshot prefetching, RPC caching, and Prometheus metrics.
450+ downloads in 2 weeks | MIT Licensed | Production-ready
View on crates.io
Hardware Security Module simulation and integration for quantum-resilient key storage and signing.
AI-powered nanotech simulation in Rust using ML and asynchronous modeling of particle interactions.
AI + quantum + classical analysis for testing and breaking post-quantum schemes for academic and defensive research.
Multi-signature wallet with SPHINCS+, quantum-resistant HSM signing, and hybrid encryption.
Many of these are MIT-licensed and open for contributions
- Contributor to upstream Rust, cryptography, aerospace, and distributed-systems projects
- Author of multiple public Rust crates
- Building practical post-quantum security and key-management infrastructure
- Developing secure runtime and autonomous-systems architecture in Rust
I'm interested in:
- Rust systems engineering
- Post-quantum cryptography and secure infrastructure
- Distributed systems and reliability engineering
- Aerospace, embedded, and autonomous systems
- Secure runtimes, WASM, and edge infrastructure
- Research collaborations involving PQC and systems security
Email: orlychikka@gmail.com
LinkedIn: (https://linkedin.com/in/orlando-t-3893416b?)
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