Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

At Anduril we are developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems, command and control platforms, and autonomous systems across air, land, maritime, and space domains. We are looking for Embedded Software Anti-Tamper Engineers to drive a mission-focused, threat-informed approach to Program Protection Engineering for the next generation of Anduril’s embedded and autonomous systems. In order to be successful at Anduril, an Embedded Software Anti-Tamper Engineer must be fluent in secure design and implementation, with a hands-on, contribution-focused mindset. This role will work side-by-side with Systems Security and Product Software Engineers to actualize program protection requirements into tamper-resistant embedded systems across the Anduril portfolio.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Develop software and firmware for security-sensitive systems on embedded platforms.
Implement boot and run-time Anti-Tamper functionality.
Apply cryptographic mechanisms for authentication, encryption, integrity, and key handling.
Support board bring-up, hardware-software integration, and low-level debugging across boot, initialization, peripheral interfaces, and device communication.
Work with Hardware, FPGA, Systems, and Security engineers to integrate trusted platform features across SoCs, FPGA-based devices, and related components.
Design, document, implement, and validate security-critical features.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience with safety and security-critical embedded software and/or firmware engineering.
Understanding and application of cryptography.
Experience working with embedded platforms that may include SoCs, FPGAs, and hardware security-relevant components.
Experience in one or more of the following languages: C/C++, Rust.
Current U.S. Secret or Top Secret security clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience with Real-Time Operating Systems.
Experience with Nix and NixOS.
Experience with Industry-standard embedded software toolchains.
Experience with Linux as a development environment.
Embedded security and Anti-Tamper architecture, design and implementation.
Experience reviewing chain of trust systems, key lifecycle management designs, isolation architectures, or tamper resistant platform designs.
Experience in defense, aerospace, robotics, autonomous systems, industrial control, or other mission-critical embedded environments.

US Salary Range

$166,000—$292,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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