Staff Product Security Engineer

In this role you will strengthen Anduril’s product security across its AI, autonomy, and embedded systems portfolio. You’ll work with engineering and operations teams to embed secure-by-design practices, conduct architecture reviews, and mitigate vulnerabilities. Your work supports cutting-edge defense tech, from AI systems to hardware-enabled platforms. This is a chance to shape security tooling and documentation for mission-critical systems.

• equity grants
• comprehensive benefits
• competitive compensation
• health coverage
• training and development
• focus on employee well-being

• Own the development and maturation of security features for Anduril’s products
• Authors and maintains security documentation including System Security Plans, Threat Analysis and Risk Assessments, and compliance evidence
• Collaborates with engineering teams to meet and exceed industry-standard security goals
• Collaborates with manufacturing and operations teams to develop secure handling and operational processes
• Engages with teams to remediate uncovered weaknesses in designs, implementations, integrations, and processes
• Integrates and matures Product Securitys suite of tooling across Anduril’s products
• Conducts security assessments including architecture review, source code analysis, configuration auditing, and adversarial testing

• Proficient with one or more programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Golang, Rust, Python)
• Experience assessing security of firmware, applications, network, IoT, or embedded systems
• Experience developing features for and improving security of firmware, applications, network, or embedded systems
• Experience building, testing, and delivering production-ready systems, especially for embedded and/or Linux systems
• Experience with structured threat modelling and risk assessment methodologies
• Experience in building and security autonomous systems and their unique threat model
• Experience in any previous military or defence domain; land, air, sea desirable but not mandatory
• Familiarity with anti-tamper and reverse engineering hardware and software mechanisms
• Strong and professional communication skills (written and verbal)
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a UK Security Clearance to a minimum of SC level
• Must be a UK citizen
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with UK Ministry of Defence Cyber Security Model, including
• UK Government Security Classifications
• DefStans (05-138 at a minimum)
• Cyber Secure by Design (including JSP 440’s Cyber Secure by Design guidance and/or JSPs 453 and 604)
• Defence Information Protection Notices (DIPNs)
• Industry Security Notices (ISNs)
• Familiarity with aviation cyber security standards such as DO-326A/ED-202A
• Experience with SORA or CAA Type Certification cyber requirements
• Experience engaging with certification bodies like the CAA or MAA/DE&S
• Familiarity with RF Emanation Protection (including TEMPEST)
• Experience of Network Security Devices (including Inter-Domain Gateways and Cross Domain Solutions)
• Familiarity with security architectures of embedded, aerospace, or cyber-physical systems
• Experience with programmable logic devices and their development tools
• Regularly builds, tests, and delivers production-ready systems, especially for embedded and/or Linux systems
• Ideally a sole UK National (i.e. hold no other citizenships)

• Strong written and verbal communication
• Collaborative cross-functional work
• Security-minded problem solving
• C/C++, Golang, Rust, Python
• Firmware and embedded system security
• Architecture reviews and threat modelling