Mission Software Engineer, Mission Systems, Cyber Security

The role

This engineer will design secure software architectures and build monitoring and detection capabilities for mission-critical systems. The role involves hardening software and systems that run on vehicles to ensure they are resilient against compromise.

What you will do

• Design architecture that keeps mission-critical systems resilient against compromise
• Harden the software and systems that run on vehicles
• Build monitoring and detection capabilities to identify and respond to security events in the field
• Ensure only trusted, verified software makes it onto a vehicle

Required qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field
• 2-3+ years of production-grade C++, Rust or equivalent experience in a Linux development environment
• Experience designing and building secure software systems
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases
• Travel up to 30% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Track record of high ownership and bias for action

Nice to have

• Experience hardening Linux-based systems and reducing attack surface
• Familiarity with vulnerability scanning and remediation tooling and workflows
• Experience implementing cryptographic key management, secure boot, or code-signing pipelines
• Understanding of system monitoring and anomaly detection approaches
• Experience designing software architectures that isolate components by trust level or security domain
• Familiarity with identity and access management patterns
• Experience deploying, debugging, and testing software on physical systems in both lab and test site environments
• Exposure to government reference architectures or compliance frameworks
• Knowledge of embedded or safety-critical systems
• Active Secret U.S. security clearance

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Consent to use of a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Their systems are powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.