Mission Software Engineer, Mission Systems, Cyber Security

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 TEAMAir Dominance Strike (AD S) is responsible for autonomous robotics systems like the Fury unmanned fighter jet and the Barracuda family of advanced effects. The AD S Mission Systems Cyber Security team builds security into the mission software stack from the ground up, rather than treating it as a separate concern bolted on at the end. Our engineers design the architecture that keeps mission-critical systems resilient against compromise while hardening the software and systems that run on our vehicles, building the monitoring and detection capabilities that identify and respond to security events in the field, and ensuring that only trusted, verified software ever makes it onto a vehicle.

This work sits at the intersection of software engineering and security so we're looking for strong software engineers who can write code and design systems with security built in.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONSBS, 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 PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Experience hardening Linux-based systems and reducing attack surface (e.g., disabling unused services, minimizing installed packages, enforcing least-privilege configurations)
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 for identifying and responding to security events

Experience designing software architectures that isolate components by trust level or security domain

Familiarity with identity and access management patterns, such as role-based access control or multi-factor authentication

Experience deploying, debugging, and testing software on physical systems in both lab and test site environments

Exposure to government reference architectures or compliance frameworks (e.g., STIGs, NIST security controls)
Knowledge of embedded or safety-critical systems and how security constraints interact with real-time or resource-constrained environments

Active Secret U.S. security clearance US Salary Range $166,000 $ 220,000 USDThe 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.…