Anduril
Staff Systems Security Engineer, Programs
$209K–$278K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted Mar 31, 2026
- Experience
- Typically 12+ years.
- Education
- A Bachelors degree or equivalent education/work experience.
About the job
Owns product security engineering from requirements and architecture through implementation, testing, customer briefings, and product lifecycle support for defense and other complex systems.
What you'll do
- Derive security requirements, design architectures, and manage security across assigned products’ lifecycles.
- Implement security capabilities, develop and execute security testing, and support major program milestones.
- Brief government customers and program leaders, and coordinate with engineering and security teams on assessments, threat modeling, and validation.
What they ask for
- Typically 12+ years of experience and a Bachelors degree or equivalent education/work experience.
- Experience in one or more of Systems Security Engineering, Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science; familiarity with security features on embedded hardware / FPGAs.
- Previous security engineering and architecture work on defense / national security systems and/or complex embedded commercial systems; ability to brief technical government customers.
- Currently possesses and can maintain at least a final active US Secret security clearance with SAP eligibility; must be able to obtain a Top Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Strong skills in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Rust, Go, C/C++).
- Experience assessing firmware, applications, network, IoT, or embedded systems security.
Pay
$209,000 — $278,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
FPGAs, Python, Rust, Go, C/C++, MBSE
AI focus
Secures products that include artificial intelligence systems; no AI development duties are stated.
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