Manager, Product Security Foundations

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Support for professional growth

Highly competitive equity grants

Job summary

Anduril Industries, based in Costa Mesa, California, is seeking a Manager of Product Security Foundations to lead a security engineering team. The role focuses on developing reusable security components and ensuring product resilience against modern cyber threats.

The ideal candidate should have experience in embedded systems and security architecture, along with strong communication skills. Competitive salary and benefits offered, including health coverage and equity grants.

Qualifications

• Must maintain active involvement in security architecture and implementation.
• Experience in platform security engineering and secure SDLC implementation.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the development and maturation of the security roadmap for Anduril’s products.
• Lead teams within the Product Security org for product resilience.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on security solutions.

Skills

Strategic vision and technical depth

Proficient in programming languages (C/C++, Golang, Rust, Python)

Experience with embedded and/or Linux systems

Security assessment of firmware, applications, network, IoT

Strong communication skills

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

The Mission Software Engineering team builds, deploys, integrates, extends, and scales Anduril's software to deliver mission‑critical capabilities to our customers. As the software engineers closest to Anduril customers and end‑users, Mission Software Engineers solve technical challenges of operational scenarios while owning the end‑to‑end delivery of winning capabilities such as Counter Intrusion, Joint All Domain Command & Control, and Counter‑Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

About The Job

As a Manager of Product Security Foundations, you will be responsible for leading and managing a security engineering team responsible for delivering reusable, foundational security components for Anduril’s products.

What You’ll Do

• Own the development and maturation of the security roadmap for Anduril’s products
• Lead teams within the Product Security org to ensure Anduril products are resilient enough to survive against modern cyber threats
• Collaborate and build solutions with engineering teams to meet and exceed industry‑standard security goals
• Build a strong partnership with Anduril’s engineering teams in order to develop and execute against a well aligned roadmap that covers Anduril’s portfolio globally
• Engage with teams to remediate uncovered weakness in designs, implementations, integrations, and processes
• Own processes that includes both pre‑market and post‑market processes engineering teams leverage throughout the product development lifecycle

Required Qualifications

• Possesses both strategic vision and technical depth, maintaining active involvement in security architecture and implementation
• Proficient with one or more programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Golang, Rust, Python)
• Regularly builds, tests, and delivers production‑ready systems, especially for embedded and/or Linux systems
• 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
• Familiarity with anti‑tamper and reverse engineering mechanisms
• Experience in platform security engineering and secure SDLC implementation
• Strong and professional communication skills (written and verbal)
• Demonstrated commitment to practical, mission‑enabling security solutions
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with security architectures of embedded, aerospace, or cyber‑physical systems
• Experience building endpoint detection and response solutions
• Experience building factory automation for secure key handling/provisioning
• Experience building, testing, and delivering production‑ready systems, especially for embedded and/or Linux systems
• Experience with programmable logic devices and their development tools
• Knowledge of cyber threat actors, their TTPs, and their implications for weapon and space system operations
• Experience securing complex, AI‑native systems
• Experience conducting incident response in cloud systems and embedded systems

Salary Range

$191,000—$253,000 USD

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 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: health coverage, recovery resources, and support for professional growth. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.