System Security Engineer, Program Protection

Anduril Industries
Costa Mesa, California, United StatesPosted 17 April 2026

Job Description

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 Senior Systems Security Engineers to lead a mission-focused, threat-informed approach to Program Protection Engineering for the next generation of Anduril’s autonomous systems. In order to be successful at Anduril, a Senior Systems Security Engineer needs to be fluent in areas of technical leadership, requirements analysis, design rigor, customer stakeholder engagement and have a hands-on contributor mindset. This role will drive system security engineering principles into design and integration with other systems internal and external to Anduril. In short, this individual will own the execution of all security aspects of product development, production, and sustainment through the entire product lifecycle to ensure product resiliency in both export and US customer contracts. ABOUT THE JOB WHAT YOU’LL DO Integrate holistic Systems Security Engineering processes to prevent, mitigate, and recover from cyberattacks that employ advanced adversary Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) 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 on software, RF and electrical engineering architectures, features, and implementations. Identify and prioritize mission-based cyber 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). REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Experience in one or more of the following fields: Systems Security Engineering, Cybersecurity, 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 Direct experience developing cyber documentation (e.g., Cybersecurity Strategy, Cyber Survivability Endorsement artifacts, RMF assessment and authorization artifacts, etc.) Experience with Cybersecurity, Software Assurance, and Supply Chain Risk Management. To support program protection implementation on embedded weapon systems. Experience with Systems Security Engineering, reverse engineering, or embedded security on DoD programs. Strong understanding of the "why" behind the product, systems, and security design Ability to effectively brief and interact regularly with a technical ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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