Senior Defense Crypto & Platform Security Engineer

Anduril Industries; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Washington, DC seeks a Cyber Engineer to design and implement cryptographic and platform security for Air Defense products. You will work at the stack's lowest levels, implementing FIPS‑validated encryption, secure boot, and data protection on constrained hardware.

You will harden Linux/firmware, build validation tooling, and automate accreditation evidence. This role requires deep debugging skills, cryptography expertise, and the ability to communicate with government

Qualifications

• Production code experience in safety‑critical security systems.
• Deep cryptography knowledge: keys, entropy, boot identity.
• Experience with Linux kernel and firmware hardening.

Responsibilities

• Implement FIPS 140-3 encryption across products.
• Own platform trust chain: secure boot and attestation.
• Design full-disk encryption and key management.
• Build anti-tamper and zeroization tests.
• Engineer secure communications and TLS/PKI internals.
• Develop validation tooling and evidence harnesses.
• Harden Linux, containers, and firmware baselines.
• Automate compliance with NIST 800-53, CNSSI requirements.

Skills

C/C++, Rust, Golang, Python

5-8 years engineering experience

cryptography expertise

Education

CS/CE/Cybersecurity degree

Tools

gdb

ftrace

logic analyzer

U-Boot/UEFI

Job description

Anduril Industries in Washington, DC seeks a Cyber Engineer to design and implement cryptographic and platform security for Air Defense products. You will work at the stack's lowest levels, implementing FIPS‑validated encryption, secure boot, and data protection on constrained hardware.

You will harden Linux/firmware, build validation tooling, and automate accreditation evidence. This role requires deep debugging skills, cryptography expertise, and the ability to communicate with government