Systems Security Engineer, Anti-Tamper

About the role

At Anduril Industries, 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 Systems Security Engineers to lead a mission-focused, threat-informed approach to Anti-Tamper Engineering for the next generation of Anduril’s autonomous systems.

Responsibilities

• Identify Critical Program Information (CPI) for various cutting-edge systems, including within the air, land, maritime, and space domains
• Design and implement Anti-Tamper mitigations to deter, detect, delay, and react to reverse engineering attempts
• Develop Anti-Tamper Plans and designs in concert with government personnel to mitigate security risks and maintain system performance
• Integrate holistic Systems Security Engineering processes
• Champion system security architecture development and requirements derivation, decomposition, and flow down for Anduril products with varying levels of system design maturity
• Design system and solution features with engineering teams to meet and exceed industry-standard security goals
• Consult and influence software, RF and electrical engineering architectures, features, and implementations
• Identify and prioritize mission-based security risks, translating complex threat landscapes into actionable engineering decisions
• Develop, document, orchestrate, and execute system security tests, demonstrations, evaluations, and assessments (including support for customer-led events)
• Develop, guide, and monitor technical documentation to capture trade studies, system designs, analyses, and results related to a system's security posture
• Support technical work products developed by the larger engineering team and support major milestone deliveries (e.g. SRR, SVR, PDR, CDR, TRR, PRR).

Requirements

• Experience in one or more of the following fields: Anti-Tamper Engineering, Systems Security Engineering, Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science
• Proven track record of excelling across the broader Systems Security Engineering domain, encompassing embedded Program Protection Implementation Plans, Software Security, and Anti-Tamper Engineering
• Experience executing the Anti-Tamper process and authoring associated documentation
• Experience with Systems Security Engineering, reverse engineering, or embedded security on DoD programs
• Familiarity with Cybersecurity, Software Assurance, and Supply Chain Risk Management. To support program protection implementation on embedded weapon systems
• Strong understanding of the "why" behind the product, systems, and security design
• Passion for continuous learning, particularly within security
• Desire for working in a fast-paced, continuously challenging environment
• Able to effectively brief and interact regularly with a technically oriented government customer
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance with SAP and Top Secret eligibility

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise with Anti-Tamper methodologies for protecting critical program information
• Experience with embedded systems security including FPGA security, micro-electronics security, and hardware-based security solutions
• Implementation experience with security architectures for autonomous platforms, unmanned systems, embedded weapon systems, secure communications, or intelligence collection platforms
• Experience implementing security architectures for Group 3+ Unmanned Aircraft Systems or military aviation platforms, including fighters and tactical aircraft with integrated weapons systems
• Experience developing cryptographic solutions including key management systems
• Experience with embedded security architectures and techniques
• Experience with team leadership, mentoring, coaching, and teaching
• Experience with system design documentation in No Magic CAMEO
• Experience with security testing on DoD systems
• Experience with various operating systems including embedded Linux
• Leader by example
• Active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Benefits

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:

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
• Health, recovery, and whatever comes next

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